Shoshanapnw's comments
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Thanks. "Takes place" isn't my one of my criteria. "Written by an author who lived in country at least two years is"--but I'm glad for your helpfulness nonetheless!
Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea's PrisonsLost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
You're welcome. My review of it is posted.
I'm looking for books in English by authors from these countries. Genre doesn't matter:
Comoros
Mauritania
Brunei
Liechtenstein
I can find some in other languages, but I need a version in English. Ideas? Thanks.
I'm at about 54% read.
I have Wangari Maathai: Unbowed: A Memoir in my to read pile.
Thanks--I have a copy waiting to be read.
Several books by Anchee Min may be of interest.
I enjoyed The Fugitive as well. Toer is a fine writer.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will be in Estonia for a day this summer and I'll look for these books.
Blaga Dimitrova: Because the Sea Is Black (Wesleyan University Press)Julia Kristeva: Powers of Horror: An Essay on the Abject
Herman Hesse: Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game)
The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca
Peter Godwin's When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa is available remaindered at Daedalus Books: salebooks.com
I liked Yoshimoto's N.P. very much.
Thanks for the recommendations. For myself, the rule is that the author must have lived in the country for at least s few years, but different people set different challenges.
Suggestions welcome!Bahrain:
Belgium:
Bhutan:
Brunei:
Central African Republic:
Comoros:
Cyprus:
East Timor:
Gabon:
Gambia:
Grenada:
Guinea-Bissau:
Hong Kong:
Kuwait:
Latvia:
Liechtenstein:
Lithuania:
Luxembourg:
Macedonia:
Maldives:
Malta:
Marshall Islands:
Mauritania:
Mauritius:
Moldova:
Montenegro:
Nauru:
Niger:
Oman:
Palau:
Paraguay:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
San Marino:
Sao Tome and Principe:
Seychelles:
Solomon Islands:
Suriname:
Tajikistan: Some sources place Rumi in Tajikistan until age 18.
Tonga:
Turkmenistan:
Tuvalu:
United Arab Emirates:
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