So much for me reading now a Charlaine Harris vampire novel I got caught up in The Return of the Revolutionaries and in all honesty, I can't put the book down :thumbsup:Kislany said:And now off to some Charlaine Harris, going for Definitely Dead I can't wait for the tv series with Sookie and vampire Bill to kick off!
I have Siri's What I Loved waiting in my shelf and I finally finished my first Auster book (I remember telling you a while ago I should read him, Marie, as I love his films), City of Glass.Sunniva said:I just finished the new book 'Sorrows of an American' by Siri Hustvedt and it was *amazing*. The next book in my pile is by her husband - my all-time favourite - Paul Auster and I'm really looking forward to reading it
LOL - but don't forget Eino Leino. I found one of his best poems translated into English, for your enjoyment.Sunniva said:I share my birthday with Rambo :laugh:
I've yet to read What I Loved but I've heard from many people that it's brilliant. :thumbsup:Nocturne - translated by Aina Swan Cutler
I hear the evening cornbird calling.
Moonlight floods the fields of tasseled grain.
Wood smoke, drifting veils the distant valleys.
Summer evening's joy is here for me.
I'm not happy yet no sorrow shakes me,
but the dark woods stillness I would welcome.
Rosy clouds through which the day is falling,
sleepy breezes from the blue gray mountains,
shadows on the water, meadow flowers...
out of these my heart's own song I'll make!
I will sing it, summer hay-sweet maiden,
sing to you my deep serenity,
my own faith that sounds a swelling music,
oak-leaf garland ever fresh and green.
I'll no longer chase the will-o-wisp.
Happiness is here in my own keeping.
Day by day, life's circle narrows, closes.
Time stands still now ... weather cocks all sleeping.
Here before me lies a shadowy way
leading to a strange, an unknown place.
Eino Leino
Excellent idea, I took your recommendation, and started reading Smilla. I have another special link to the book, that its translator recommended me my present Danish teacher :thumbsup:Justin Smith said:I've just finished "Smilla's Sense of Snow," by Peter Hoeg. It's a wonderfully atmospheric murder-mystery.
I also loved "Basilisk Station" by David Weber.