Nobelprizewinner

#ARichLife Day 28: Lots of #Bread paired with Saramago‘s novel as I was on my way to Lisbon last year. Posting in advance as I will be traveling in two days‘ time.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

ChaoticMissAdventures I was just looking through his books to see what I have not read. Excited to see what you think of this, it wasn't on my radar. 2w

BookishMarginalia Love the pic! 2w

Eggs Sounds charming 📖 2w

TieDyeDude I've only read two Saramago books, but I consider him one of my favorite authors 😋 I'll be interested to see what you think of this 2w

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sisilia

A Fortunate Man | Henrik PONTOPPIDAN

Slow progress 😆 It‘s been enjoyable so far even though the fortunate guy is annoying me to bits

LeahBergen That is HUGE 😆 3w

robinb I can‘t even LOOK at that without major anxiety. 😦 😳😂 3w

sisilia @LeahBergen @robinb I don‘t know why I‘m always attracted to thick books 🤓 3w

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sisilia

A Fortunate Man | Henrik PONTOPPIDAN

Currently reading

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Dilara

Soul Mountain | Gao Xingjian

A 667-pages roadtrip novel, with chapters alternating between a disillusioned “you“ mainly looking for young women to spend the night with (those sections haven't aged well), and a “I“ looking for what I'll sum up as “Eternal China“: folksongs, old monasteries, folktales... and of course, the Soul Mountain in the title. I am glad I read it -I enjoyed the folk chapters- but I am in no hurry to read any more from this #NobelPrize winner.

Dilara It doesn't show very well, but the bottom of the glass (a gift his Chinese colleagues presented to my brother) in the picture is moulded into the shape of a mountain.

3 down, 7 to go for #10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures

And also, this my chunkster for #classicschallenge2025 (edited) 1mo

AnishaInkspill looks interesting, will look it up, thanks 1mo

AnnCrystal ⛰️ how fascinating 🤩💝💝💝. 1mo

Dilara @AnishaInkspill
@AnnCrystal 😀 1mo

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Dilara

Soul Mountain | Gao Xingjian

#10BeforeTheEnd update:
I finished Paris noir and The Adventures of Vela. I was planning on starting Mejnun and Leyla but after Vela, I need a break on the long-form poetry front, so Soul Mountain it is! As it is a doorstop and I have a few days off, it should be perfect.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Pic is of the Chinese Garden in Chaumont, back in June

#NobelPrize

AnnCrystal Fantasy like 😍💝🤩. 1mo

Dilara @AnnCrystal Totally! It's like entering Dream Land. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Gorgeous spot 😍 You are doing so well on the challenge!! 1mo

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Pinta

Dandelions | Yasunari Kawabata

so-so

Pensive and atmospheric, Kawabata‘s last novel, left unfinished when he died. We never hear from the young woman brought to an asylum by her mother and fiancé in an attempt to cure her “body blindness,” her inability to see her lover in times of excitement. Communication through the pealing of bells. Father‘s life lost in a riding accident on a cliff. All very dramatic, almost Gothic. Trauma, memory, couples, bodies, guilt. Trans. 2017

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Hooked_on_books

Small Memories | Jos� Saramago

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I‘m not usually a fan of childhood memoir, but I enjoyed this look back at Saramago‘s young years. Around 100 years ago in Portugal is so different from my own experience, and he tells vignettes, giving an overall impression rather than a straightforward recounting. His writing is just so good that I was carried along.

ChaoticMissAdventures I have not read this one but I absolutely love Jose Saramago. Brilliant writer. 4mo

Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘ve only read a few of his but definitely want to read more. The first I read from him is Blindness, which blew my socks off. I want to read anything that came out of that brain! 4mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @Hooked_on_books so good!! I have not read all of his (I think I have 3 to go) but this one is my favorite

Death with Interruptions

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Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures One of the few that I‘ve read! It‘s so good! 4mo

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bibliothecarivs

Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture | Seamus Heaney

Random book from our home library:

📖 Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture by Seamus Heaney

2013 review: ★★★★★

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Kristy_K

Afterlives | Abdulrazak Gurnah

so-so

I didn‘t appreciate this as much as I feel I should have. Historical fiction in war (WWI) and post-war Africa. Amazing writing, but not my typical read. Read for my country challenge.

#Tanzania #ReadtheWorld2025

GatheringBooks

GatheringBooks Oooh! You have a fantastic cover! I have a copy of this one but mine has a more boring cover which I haven‘t even cracked open yet. 7mo

Kristy_K @GatheringBooks I love this cover! Definitely bought b/c of it lol. 7mo

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bibliothecarivs

Selected Poems 1988-2013 | Seamus Heaney

Random book from our home library:

📖 Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney

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