40 books in 2010! 20 books in 2011! How many in 2012?
Finishing the last page of a nice book is so much rewarding, so I thought to read more since January 2010 instead of wasting my time in front of the PC or TV. I read whatever I think might be interesting. Fiction or Nonfiction. Each book opens a new horizon. With the books you can travel around the world. ..... I just want to do something useful for myself.
I read English and German language. The ranking is from 1 (=very bad) through 10 (=excellent).

Sunday, January 31, 2010

5th book - "Slow Man" - J. M. Coetzee - 7 points

John Maxwell Coetzee (*1940) was awarded the Nobel Price in Literature in 2003. He is Australian from South Africa and lives in Australia. The story is about a man in Adelaide who looses a leg in an accident with his bicycle, about his nurse and their family immigrated from Croatia and an unconscious?/real? figure Elizabeth Costello. So the book is kind of not-give-up when something unfortunate happens to you or when you become older.
First published: 2005 in English language - I read the first American 2005 hardcover edition from Viking, Penguin Group (USA) - ISBN 0-670-03459-2
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