weepingwillow

Hi all, I just want to throw in my two cents with three suggestions I just read throuhg this topic and I noticed that you guys read more or less English/American writers. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, don't get me wrong, please! I do so, too! You have, in this short time that I've been hanging and lurking arround here, allreday pointed me to works that are not even translated to Slovene yet (and I'm affraid they will never be), so I read/have read a lot of original English/American authors myself. I just want to point you to three excellent books by non-english writers: First two books are by Spanish writer Ildefonso Falcones (if you have alreday spoken/written here about his work, please forgive me, since I'm new here and haven't been able to read throuhg this pretty extensive forum just yet). He wrote two downright amazing historical novels set in Medieval Spain: - "Cathedral of the Sea" (orig. La Catedral del mar) this one being my favourite historical book so far - "The Hand of Fatima" (orig. La mano de Fatima) here's his official web site if anyone's interested: http://www.ildefonsofalcones.com/en with plot summary for both books. And might I add - both are "door-stoppers"... ) Third is a book somebody already mentioned here - "The Bridge on the Drina" by Ivo Andrić (orig.: Na Drini ćuprija) - History of the famous UNESCO protected bridge over river Drina in Višegrad (Bosnian town on the border with Serbia) from it's construction sponsored by Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic in Otoman times, to the end of WW I). Andrić was awarded with Nobel price for Literature for this one in 1961... All three I can't recommend enough, since they are adorned by GREAT (fictional) story, superbly constructed characters and the fact that they are built arround actual events and people from spanish and balkan history. So much from me for now. Peaceful reading y'all! WW (sorry for possible misspelling...)