The Reading Book Post, April 20th
The Comicdom Con is only a few days away and I really can't wait. Apart from the conference it will also be a great opportunity to catch up with some friends that I haven't seen for a while. Anyway, it's been a relatively quiet week in the literary world and here are the most interesting ones:
- Gunter Grass, the Nobel Prize recipient, died at the age of 87 on April 13ht. His novel The Tin Drum caused an uproar in his country because it dealt with subjects that were taboo in post-war Germany and it became an immediate bestseller when it first came out in 1959.
- The art collective Le Gun has filled the well-known bookshop Shakespeare & Co. in Paris with Tales for the Void, an installation that consists of hand-drawn sculptural books. Those "books" are scattered on the shelves of the bookstore and they are beautiful. What do you think of this installation?
Haruki Murakami and Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche definitely deserve the recognition! They're both very influential people and I'm quite disappointed with myself for not picking up their works yet. I used a quote from Adiche's Americanah in an English project the past school year and it made me really intrigued to pick up the book. This recent bit of news makes me all the more excited to start on her works!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to admit that I am more familiar with the TBR list for quiet some time now, and I believe that it's the right time to read it.
DeleteThank you very much! :)
ReplyDeleteI'll check it out and do it as fast as I can.