SaraPepparkaka Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) Afghanistan - A thousand splendid suns by Khaled HosseiniAlbania - La niche de la honte by Ismail KadareAlgeria - So vast the prison by Assia DjebarAndorraAngola - Jaime Bunda - secret agent by PepetelaAntigua and Barbuda - At the bottom of the river by Jamaica KincaidArgentinaArmeniaAustralia - Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus ZusakAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazil The Zahir - Paulo CoelhoBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanada Penelopiaden by Margaret AtwoodCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChile - Inés of my soul by Isabel AllendeChina - Beijing coma by Ma JianColombia - Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel García MárquezComorosCongo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa)Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville)Costa RicaCôte d'IvoireCroatia - Katt i Warszawa by Slavenka DrakulicCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgypt- The Yacoubian building by Alaa Al-AswanyEl SalvadorEritreaEstonia - The misadventures by the new Satan by Anton TammsaareEthiopiaFijiFinland- Linnunaivot by Johanna SinisaloFrance- L'Echappée belle by Anna GavaldaGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermany - Die Teufelsbibel by Richard DübellGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuinea, Republic ofGuinea, Republic of Equatorial (Equatorial Guinea)Guinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungary- Liquidation by Imre KertészIcelandIndia - Q&A by Vikas SwarupIndonesiaIran - Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiIraqIreland - The perfect man by Sheila O'FlanaganIsraelItaly- Stål by Silvia AvalloneJamaicaJapan - After dark by Haruki MurakamiJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) - Nordkorea: nio år på flykt från helvetet by Eunsun KimKorea, Republic of (South Korea)- The ancient garden by Hwang Sok-YongKuwaitKyrgyzstan - Face to face by Chyngyz AitmatovLaosLatviaLebanon - Samarkand by Aamin MaaloufLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexico- Un dulce olor a muerte by Guillermo ArriagaMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMorocco- Confidences à Allah by Saphia AzzedineMozambiqueMyanmar (Burma)NamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew Zealand - Lagunen by Janet FrameNicaraguaNigerNigeria - "Half Of A Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNorway- "The Redeemer" by Jo NesboOmanPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugal - Tårkommissionen by Antonio Lobo AntunesQatarRomaniaRussian Federation - Den stulna drömmen by Alexandra MarininaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSpain- Shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónSri LankaSudan - Minaret by Leila AboulelaSurinameSwazilandSweden- Svampkungens son by Marie HermansonSwitzerlandSyriaTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisia - Le trezième disciple by Claude KayatTurkey - The prophet murders by Mehmet Murat SomerTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Taste for Death by P.D.JamesUnited States of AmericaUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamYemen - I am Nujood, 10 years old and divorced by Nujood AliZambiaZimbabwe- Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah Edited October 7, 2015 by SaraPepparkaka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 This is a form of "reading around the world" challenge. I was inspired by the book I got through BCF's Secret Santa last Christmas (2009, that is..), which was "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi. I decided to count the country where the writer was born, and I found a list of UN member states and decided that was to be my list of countries. Edit: .. and I always intended to list the books here too, not just on Librarything. A bit late but here they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted June 30, 2010 Author Share Posted June 30, 2010 Edited to add a book for Algeria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 By the way, has anybody ever read anything by a writer from Andorra? My Trusted Local Library didn't have anything, and I'd rather not BUY a book if it isn't something I'd normally read.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 An Irish book added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 By the way, has anybody ever read anything by a writer from Andorra? My Trusted Local Library didn't have anything, and I'd rather not BUY a book if it isn't something I'd normally read.. Sorry, I can't help with the above, I'm afraid. I've picked up two books for my world challenge without knowing the author - one was really good but I'm struggling with my current read. You're doing very well with this challenge - if it's okay I will peruse your books to see if I fancy anything for my own challenge. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 " Die Teufelsbibel" by Richard Dübell- a German writer. This is apparently the first in a trilogy. The Devil's bible is hidden in a monastary, and to keep it hidden there is a lot of blood and mayhem and ruthless people with their own motivations. Now, there was a love story too, and that kept me reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 Added a book for Russia, one in a series featuring Russian police officer Anastasia Kamenskaja by Alexandra Marinina. I honestly thought I'd read them all, but not this one. And there it was, in the Trusted Local Library no less, and me walking past it for who knows how many times, thinking I'd read it. Well, now I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Sara, looks like you're doing great on this challenge! (Far better than me with mine, lol). I searched for ages for a book by an Andoran author - didn't find one, so have left it in the hopes that one will be published by the time I get back to it. Good luck with finishing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Is that Andora in Italy, or the country of Andorra? If the latter, then I believe Michèle Gazier is Andorran, although she writes in French and there don't seem to be English translations. Ramon Villeró is another, but I can't find any books by him! Like you, I will ignore Andorra for my World Challenge for now too - there are plenty of other countries to be going on with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 I read "After dark" by Haruki Murakami last week, and not until today I thought of the empty space in my list for Japan. Well, now the list is updated again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Added a book for Croatia, fables about Eastern European history by Slavenka Drakulic, called "Katt I Warszawa" in Swedish. I believe that at least some of the fables are the same as in "A guided tour through the Museum of Communism: Fables.." Very readable, may even lead to me seeking out other books by the author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Added a book for Pakistan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 Nothing much has happened with this challenge in a while.. but now we have an entry for Kyrgyzstan. Granted the author was born in the Soviet Union, but in the area that later became Kyrgyzstan. "Face to face" by Chyngyz Aitmatov. This story was a little rewritten after the fall of the Soviet union, and it's that version of it I've read. Not bad at all, a short novel about the wife of a man who deserted from the army in the second world war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I read a book that qualifies as an entry for Lebanon. "Samarkand" by Amin Maalouf. Unfortunately I didn't really enjoy the book, the historic facts were vaguely interesting, but other than that - not for me. I thought it would be fun, the adventures of Omar Khayyams verses up until the day they were put in a safe on the Titanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) I read "After dark" by Haruki Murakami last week, and not until today I thought of the empty space in my list for Japan. Well, now the list is updated again. What did you think of 'After Dark' Sara? If you have already posted your thoughts and I missed it, I'm really sorry Edited December 17, 2010 by Weave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I don't think I did say very much about "After Dark". It was an OK book, I do enjoy Murakami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Another book read that can be added to this challenge. "Buying a fishing rod for my grandfather" by Gao Xingjian. This is a collection of short stories, some enjoyable and others not so much. They appear to be written in the beginning and middle of the 1980's. I liked the one written about a civil servant who gets lost on a lonely mountain road in Tibet, and also one where a man writes a letter in his head to a girl he knew in his youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Not only was the Anna Gavalda book nice enough to move me to summer for a little while, it also fits in my challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Book added for India! Q&A by Vikas Swarup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Proud to add a book for Zimbabwe, "An Elegy for Easterly", a collection of short stories by Petina Gappah. The collected short stories gave the impression of a choir, where each voice descibed their part of something whole, perhaps of Zimbabwe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 I haven't given up on my challenge! For Canada: "The Penelopiad" by Margaret Atwood. The impression it left was a somwhat lightweight book, not what I would have expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 This is a great idea. I might join you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Joy- another book read that I can count in my challenge! Hungary: Liquidation by Imre Kertész. This isn't a fun book, but it's a well written book and I enjoyed it. I have read some of his books before, and don't know how I didn't think of him until now for my challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 So, I edited my first post. I'm still doing this challenge. It's going to take me a lifetime to complete this. But then, I'm in no hurry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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