Das Buch über den Krieg zwischen Serbien und dem Kosovo habe ich abgebrochen, es wurde immer zäher und zäher. Es konnte mir nicht wirklich die Gräuel des Kriegs, die ethnischen Säuberungen, Vergewaltigungen, und den Exodus der Kosovaren nahebringen. Vielleicht lese ich es zu einem anderen Zeitpunkt nochmals, aber für den Moment habe ich es beiseitegelegt. Der erste Satz des Klappentextes von Nick Hornby - meinem nächsten Buch - passt ja perfekt ;-) .
Deshalb lese ich heute ein weiteres Mal die Leseliste von Nick Hornby.
Nick HORNBY
More Baths, Less Talkin
More Baths, Less Talkin
Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author
locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time Itself
locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time Itself
Description: "Read what you enjoy, not what bores you," Nick Hornby tells us. That simple, liberating, and indispensable directive animates each installment of the celebrated critic and author's monthly column in the Believer. In this delightful and never-musty tour of his reading life, Hornby tells us not just what to read, but how to read.
Whether tackling a dismayingly bulky biography of Dickens while his children destroy something in the next room, or getting sucked into a serious assessment of Celine Dion during an intensely fought soccer match featuring his beloved Arsenal, or devouring an entire series of children's books while on vacation, Hornby's reviews are rich, witty, and occasionally madcap. These essays capture the joy and ire, the despair and exhilaration of the book-lover's life, and will appeal equally to both monocle-wearing salonnieres and people, like him, who spend a lot of time thinking about Miley Cyrus's next role.
Whether tackling a dismayingly bulky biography of Dickens while his children destroy something in the next room, or getting sucked into a serious assessment of Celine Dion during an intensely fought soccer match featuring his beloved Arsenal, or devouring an entire series of children's books while on vacation, Hornby's reviews are rich, witty, and occasionally madcap. These essays capture the joy and ire, the despair and exhilaration of the book-lover's life, and will appeal equally to both monocle-wearing salonnieres and people, like him, who spend a lot of time thinking about Miley Cyrus's next role.
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