I was blog-hopping and came across this one. http://exlibrisbb.blogspot.com/search/label/orbis%20terrarum%20challenge
Orbis Terrarum is a reading challenge. Apparently there are many reading challenges going around but this was my first encounter with one. To take up this challenge, you have to read 9 different books by 9 authors from 9 different countries in 9 months. The challenge has already started since April 1st and ends in December. I want to sign up but I'm having trouble thinking of the 9 different authors. I can think of a few off the top of my head but I'd love it if whoever reads this sent in their suggestions. I don't think I'll have problems finding Indian and American authors, even British. But it'd be great if you could suggest authors from some other countries. Time is running out......
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Leo tolstoy :russian
dominik Lappiere: french (i think)
At present , i can think of these only. Will let u know if I recollect
Khaled Hosseini : Afghanisthan writer and the best book that i have read so far: kite runner
Happy reading and do please let me know the books that u have read and/or planning to read.
hi rajani
saw your blog yesterday and read few of your interesting entries. gabriel garcia marquez (colombian)- one hundred years of solitude, milan kundera (czech)- unbearable lightness of being or the joke, ahdaf soueif (egyptian)- the map of love or (naguib mahfouz)
lalita
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - this one's on my radar too!
Chitra: Thanks for your input. I read Tolstoy way back in school. Loved La Pierre's books.. And Khaled Hosseini's books are of course wonderful .I've read both of his. Currently I'm reading "Queen Of Dreams" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, though not as part of the challenge.
Lalita: What a pleasant surprise!! I'm flattered that you liked my blog. THanks for the suggestions. I have read Kundera though and found it quite "unbearable" but then it's a personal opinion. The others sound interesting, will try to get them.
Snippets: Thanks, noted the name.
Nigeria has produced some excellent writers, so please dont miss them. I have just started "Half of a yelow sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which has great reviews. If you want a smaller book bacause of the time limit, Chinua Achebe's "Things fall apart" would be good.
Hi you can try,
Marriane Pearl (France)- A Mighty Heart
Tehmina Durrani (Pakistan) - My Feudal Lord
Taslima Nasreen (Bangladesh) - Lajja
Happy Reading...
- Priya
Anu: I didn't know about Nigerian authors. Thanks. I've got the names down. Will let you know when I find and read the book(s).
Priya: Thanks but (unfortunately??) I've already read 2 of the 3 books you mentioned. I think I have Lajja in my personal collection back in India. I read "My Feudal Lord" when I was in Sing. (it shakes you up, doesn't it?) and while I haven't read Marianne Pearl's book, I did see the movie. Did you?
hi Rajani,
Check out Pippi Longstocking -by Astrid Lindgren - a swedish author.This is hilarious childrens book.Do childrens books qualify ?
Charu
Elif Shafak: (Turkey) The Flea Palace
Shyam Selvadurai: (Sri Lanka): Funny Boy
J.M. Coetzee (South Africa): Disgrace
Naguib Mahfouz: The Cairo Trilogy
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: (Colombia) 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Fyodor Dostoevsky: (Russia): Crime & Punishment
Albert Camus: (France): The Stranger
Umberto Eco: (Italy): The Name of the Rose
Asar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in tehran.
I loved the book.
Kamini, wow! That list was exhaustive! Have you thought of joining the challenge yourself? You seem all ready for it!
PS, thank you. I'll definitely read it sometime soon.
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