The Nine by Gwen Strauss Our Reading Circle has a break over the summer, so this month we introduce two books that we have read and which, although they have not been discussed by our Reading Circle, we would like to recommend to you. Both...
Baumgartner by Paul Auster The novel we are introducing today is Baumgartner by Paul Auster, published in 2023, and described by its publisher as: A tender masterpiece of love, memory and grief from one of the world’s greatest writers. Paul...
‚Cry, The Beloved Country‘ by Alan Paton The novel we are introducing this month is a classic of 20th Century literature, and one of the best known South African novels. Cry, the Beloved Country, the first novel by Alan Paton, (1948)...
Bournville by Jonathan Coe This month we are introducing a state-of the-nation novel, Bournville, by Jonathan Coe, published in 2022. What’s the book about? The description on the back of the novel says: In Bournville, a placid suburb of...
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë This month we are introducing a classic of English literature, Jane Eyre, An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë, first published under her pen name of `Currer Bell´, in October 1847. What‘s the book about? The...
Trust by Hernan Diaz This month‘s novel is Trust by Hernan Diaz, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Best-Seller. Hernan Diaz is an Argentinian/American writer. His first novel In The Distance, was a finalist for...
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang This month‘s novel is Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang, an American novelist, who has a degree in international economics and graduate degrees in Sinology from Magdalene College, Cambridge and University College,...
Disappearing Earth by Julia Philipps Disappearing Earth, (2019), is the first novel from an American author, Julia Phillips. The book was a finalist for the 2019 US National Book Award for Fiction. It was also named one of The New York Times Top...
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The book we are introducing today is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, published in 2023. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is about the intertwining lives of African...
Erasure by Percival Everett This month’s book is not a recent publication. In fact it was first published in 2001, but the themes it tackles are still very relevant today. It’s Erasure, by Percival Everett. Percival Everett is a prolific...
Victory City by Salman Rushdie Sir Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American novelist, is one of the best-known contemporary novelists in the English language. Today we are going to introduce his novel, Victory City, published in 2023. He is...
Austria Behind the Mask: Politics of a Nation Since 1945 by Paul Lendvai This month we are introducing a work of non-fiction, published in English in 2023, by a respected journalist. The book is Austria Behind the Mask: Politics of a Nation...
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle In this programme we introduce a book that was first published in 1995 but which seems even more relevant today. It is The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. Born in New York in December 1946, he is the New...
