June 29, 2009
Which books are most representative of each country?
Average Joe asked:
Project to read a novel by each country. Which books are most? useful, both as a means to gain more understanding? align in the soul of every land, and even from a literary point of view? I have an ambition in the long term to read a literary novel in English (almost) all nations on earth. For years, books I 'the VE cultured? been written almost exclusively by white authors from the British and American upper-middle-class. I want to dramatically expand the breadth of his reading. I can not call a single producer or novel Mongolia, Indonesia, Somalia, Morocco, Brazil, etc etc, much less all of the literary gems from those countries. What?: What single novel by any nation? pi? reveal lifestyle, habits, struggles, history and national spirit of that country? I 'm. from the Indian subcontinent, cos? I 'd appoints Rohinton Mistry' s' A Balance 'fine;.
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Project to read a novel by each country. Which books are most? useful, both as a means to gain more understanding? align in the soul of every land, and even from a literary point of view? I have an ambition in the long term to read a literary novel in English (almost) all nations on earth. For years, books I 'the VE cultured? been written almost exclusively by white authors from the British and American upper-middle-class. I want to dramatically expand the breadth of his reading. I can not call a single producer or novel Mongolia, Indonesia, Somalia, Morocco, Brazil, etc etc, much less all of the literary gems from those countries. What?: What single novel by any nation? pi? reveal lifestyle, habits, struggles, history and national spirit of that country? I 'm. from the Indian subcontinent, cos? I 'd appoints Rohinton Mistry' s' A Balance 'fine;.
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Well, I don't know if this would necessarily be considered a literary masterpiece, but this book is definitely representative of what life has been like in Sierra Leone. It's called A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, so if you wanted to read that you could. It's written by a Sierra Leonean, so it's not from an outsider's perspective.
Try these:
Something by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whom, I believe is Columbian, and an excellent writer.
And a book called Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, who is Russian.
I've read a short story by Marquez called The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, and enjoyed it.
Heart of a Dog is a crazy story about a medical experiment that turns a dog into a human, but it is really about society in the early years of the Soviet Union.
There is also a book called Iguana Dreams that has lots of short stories by hispanic authors from different countries–all in English.
Enjoy!
What a great question/idea. Can't wait to see the results. Unfortunately I really don't have an answer for you but I can give you a star.