Coffeetime with Eco

The eternal fascism

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 Februry 2016)

Roberto Saviano *22 September 1979

Coffee time with Satyajit Ray

Spring is in the air

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992)

Six desired, one surprise

2326 pages literature at its finest.

Laughing Lhursday* – Japanese simple

Describes the sound of splashing or spraying liquid,
 or fish jumping out of the water.

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Beers & Books (437) – Juan Rulfo: Pedro Páramo

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986)

Beers&Books (434) – Franz Werfel: Masterful Tales

Franz Werfel (10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945)

Beers & Books (431) – Llamazares: The yellow rain

The yellow rain
*
La lluvia amarilla

 

 Julio Llamazares *28 March 1955

Laughing Lhursday* – "Reading sucks!"**

"Books?
No, thanks!

 

Just no books!

* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration. 

** I know a little boy who after all has started to love reading! ;-) 

Beers & Book (428) – Italian narrators

Italian storytellers, 13th til 18th century

Beers & Books (423) – Mercè Rodoreda: Short stories

La meva Cristina i altres contes
*
My Christina & Other Stories 

 

Mercè Rodoreda (10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983)

Coffeetime with Lemprière's Dictionary

Lemprière's Dictionary

What I see when I turn around

...

Update: 
The photo shows about ten per cent of my exquisite little library.

On the left shelf from top to bottom. 1+2: French literature; Irish literature below. 
Centre shelf: 1+2: Russian authors; 3-5 (up to the owls): Italian authors; 6: South American literature.
Right shelf: 1+2: African and Asian literature; 3: Icelandic and Scandinavian literature (Faroe Islands, Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danes; 3+4: Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish literature. 5. continuation of Latin American authors, plus (not in the image) Iranian authors.

Coffeetime with architect of ruins

Coffeetime with 
The Architect of Ruins
and
Skaumo

 
Herbert Rosendorfer (19 February 1934 – 20 September 2012)

Beers & Books (417) – Upton Sinclair: Öl.!

Oil!

Upton Sinclair (20 September 1878 – 25 November 1968)

Beers & Books (415) – Yeats is Dead

;-)

William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939)

Beers & Books (408) – Henry Miller: Big Sur

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

Henry Miller (26 December, 1891 – 7 June, 1980)

Beers & Books (406) – Paul Lynch: The Prophet Song

The Prophet Song

Paul Lynch *1977

Beers & Books (405) – Sylvia Plath: Love Poems

Love Poems

Sylvia Plath (27 October 1932 – 11 February 1963) 

Beers & Books (404) – Stolen Years

Stolen Years

Paul Hill see The Guildford Four

Beers & Books (403) – Máirtín O'Cadhain: The Key

Why would people call this book kafkaesque?
It's an excellent Ó Cadhain.

Máirtín ò Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970)