Persepolis I & II
2:35 am in France, Iran, Satrapi, Marjene, biography & memoirs, history | No Comments
by Marjen Satrapi (2001)
An autobiographical bande dessinée about a girl growing up in revolutionary & war-torn Iran and abroad in Vienna.
2:35 am in France, Iran, Satrapi, Marjene, biography & memoirs, history | No Comments
by Marjen Satrapi (2001)
An autobiographical bande dessinée about a girl growing up in revolutionary & war-torn Iran and abroad in Vienna.
4:36 am in Eastern/Central Europe, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, biography & memoirs, fiction | No Comments
by Danilo Kiš (1965)
An intensely detailed semi-autobiographical story about a child living in Hungary during the World War II.
3:05 am in Indonesia, Russia & USSR, biography & memoirs, essays & criticism | 1 Comment
Menjadi Mahasiswa di Uni Soviet
by Koesalah Soebagyo Toer (2003)
A collection of vignettes about his study in the then USSR.
3:55 am in France, Perec, Georges, biography & memoirs, fiction | No Comments
by Georges Perec (1975)
A book of two alternating texts, one an imaginary adventure story, the other consisting of autobiographic fragments of wartime childhood.
6:49 pm in Hamsun, Knut, Norwegia, biography & memoirs, fiction | No Comments
by Knut Hamsun (1890)
A poor, emaciated writer, unable to afford a rent (but with too big of an ego), roams the city, his state of mind and physique heavily disoriented by his hunger.
10:00 pm in Australia, Carey, Peter, Japan, biography & memoirs | No Comments
A Father’s Journey with His Son
by Peter Carey (2004)
Charley, Peter Carey’s shy 12-year-old son, together went to Tokyo, guided by Charley’s visualist online friend, Takashi.
9:48 pm in Alexievich, Svetlana, Eastern/Central Europe, Recommended, Russia & USSR, biography & memoirs, current events, environment, history | No Comments
Chronicle of the Future
by Svetlana Alexievich (1997)
“This is not a book about Chernobyl, but about the world of Chernobyl,” a wide range of oral, first-hand testimony, accounts, sometimes occasional rant and condemnations from broad range of people involved and/or affected by Chernobyl.
10:30 pm in Davis, Stephen, biography & memoirs, music | 1 Comment
Led Zeppelin Unauthorised
by Stephen Davis (1985).
Probably won’t be of much interest to anyone unless a fan. The story of the rise and fall is typical of any rock n’ roll group, the usual brainless Zeppelin’s vertigious debauchery and misogyny.
6:56 pm in Italy, Levi, Primo, Recommended, biography & memoirs, short stories | No Comments
A collection of insightful and understated autobiographical short stories named after elements by Primo Levi.