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[nessaniel]

heyho ihr lieben ich hab da mal ne frage: hat irgendwer eine buchempfehlung für mich? Ich hab einen 25 euro gutschein geschenkt bekommen und keine ahnung was ich mir davon holen soll xD genretechnich mag ich: krimis (nichts!! aus der eifel bitte xD) mittelalterquatsch (tod und teufel usw.) fantasy (@failte: die bücher zu games of thrones bekomm ich bald geschenkt von daher... XD) agentensachen (robert ludlum) und jaaa bis auf rosamunde pilcher und biographien les ich eigentlich alles xD wäre wundervoll wenn ihr mir ein paar tipps geben könntet! =D (und ja ich sitze grad auf der arbeit, langweile mich und tippe dies per handy. ich hasse freitage xD)

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[nessaniel.livejournal.com]

"Invisible Cities" sounds amazing as does "The Baron in the Trees", I really need to get my hands on those!

As for Murakami... I don't know but there is something about his style of writing or maybe his way of storytelling that drives me further away from him. Maybe I don't understand his stories well enough but somehow I couldn't find myself enjoying his writings. Maybe I need to get a little bit older. ;D

For the other names, I just googled around and Malindo Lo's Ash sounds very promising! I will definitely put that one on my list! =)

[telyanofcelore.livejournal.com]

Murakami is strange strange writer. I feel like reading Marquez first is a good idea - he's a surrealist too, but somehow easier to take. One Hundred Years of Solitude has absolutely delicious prose. This description of a ship that had drifted far inland during a flood and was left there dry, it was amazing. Anyway. Murakami is not for everyone! His transitions are jerkier, and the movement is less seductive, and the characters are less appealing. On the other hand, the urbanization and isolation is pretty interesting.

Ash is fantastic! It's a retelling of one of my least-favorite fairy tales, but Lo manages to reshape it into something that gives the heroine agency, independence, and distinct choices. Her decisions are age-appropriate and difficult. It's /nice/.

(Anansi Boys and Sunshine or Deerskin, also, you should read those if you haven't, they are magnificent. And I work in a bookstore! I can give you all the recommendations ever!)

[nessaniel.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine once wrote an essay about "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and I remember, I backed away from this book because surrealist equals RUN FOR YOUR LIFE to my mind. XD
But the ship thing tickles my curiosity, so I shall give it a try!

Everything is written down on my "Books to buy"-list, I'm indeed very thrilled! *_*

[telyanofcelore.livejournal.com]

When they woke up, with the sun already high in the sky, they were speechless with fascination. Before them, surrounded by ferns and palm trees, white and powdery in the silent morning light, was an enormous Spanish galleon. Tilted slightly to the starboard, it had hanging from its intact masts the dirty rags of its sails in the midst of its rigging, which was adorned with orchids. The hull, covered with an armor of petrified barnacles and soft moss, was firmly fastened into a surface of stones. The whole structure seemed to occupy its own space, one of solitude and oblivion, protected from the vices of time and the habits of birds. Inside, where the expeditionaries explored with careful intent, there was nothing but a thick forest of flowers.

Yeah, it makes me happy. In a different way from Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry - this description is clearly of a dreamlike scene, but it's anchored with odd concrete details that keep it from drifting into fantasy. Describing their emotion as fascination instead of awe or wonder was a touch of genius. It's not white and glowing, but white and powdery. It's tilted just a bit to the right, using a word that means absolutely nothing to these men who have never seen the sea. Oddly enough, there's no bird poop on it. It's completely empty apart from the flowers, which is very odd (I may possibly have been on a Master and Commander kick for a few months...). There's even more interesting stuff, and it's also interesting because it's a translation, which means the translator selected some of those interesting specific words, which makes me wonder what the original said - I imagine it's a bit close to this, because they're not words you'd pull from nowhere - and also, damn, good job translator.

tl;dr - sorry about that...