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Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)
Rauwe en venijnige roman over het moderne India
"A darkly humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a globalized world. Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger—the first-person confession of a murderer—is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing." (Goodreads)
George Orwell - 1984 (1948)
Dystopische oerklassieker over het totalitarisme
"1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions. A legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time." (Goodreads)
D. Quinn - Ishmael (1992)
Filosofische dialoog over de plaats van de mens in de wereld
"Ishmael, a gorilla rescued from a traveling show who has learned to reason and communicate, uses these skills to educate himself in human history and culture. Through a series of philosophical conversations with the unnamed narrator, a disillusioned Sixties idealist, Ishmael lays out a theory of what has gone wrong with human civilization and how to correct it, a theory based on the tenet that humanity belongs to the planet rather than vice versa." (Goodreads)
Cervantes - Don Quichot (1605)
Wereldberoemde 17de eeuwse avonturenroman
"Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote generally has been recognized as the first modern novel." (Goodreads)
Halldór Laxness - Independent people (1934)
Ijslands sociaal realisme en antikapitalisme
"Although it is set in the early twentieth century, Independent people recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic." (Goodreads)
Patrick Süskind - Das Parfum (1985)
Sprookjesachtige historische roman over geur
"Set in 18th-century France, Perfume relates the fascinating and horrifying tale of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who is obsessed with procuring the perfect scent that will make him fully human. With brilliant narrative skill Susskind exposes the dark underside of the society through which Grenouille moves and explores the disquieting inner universe of this singularly possessed man." (Goodreads)
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)
Rauwe en venijnige roman over het moderne India
"A darkly humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a globalized world. Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger—the first-person confession of a murderer—is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing." (Goodreads)
George Orwell - 1984 (1948)
Dystopische oerklassieker over het totalitarisme
"1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions. A legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time." (Goodreads)
D. Quinn - Ishmael (1992)
Filosofische dialoog over de plaats van de mens in de wereld
"Ishmael, a gorilla rescued from a traveling show who has learned to reason and communicate, uses these skills to educate himself in human history and culture. Through a series of philosophical conversations with the unnamed narrator, a disillusioned Sixties idealist, Ishmael lays out a theory of what has gone wrong with human civilization and how to correct it, a theory based on the tenet that humanity belongs to the planet rather than vice versa." (Goodreads)
Cervantes - Don Quichot (1605)
Wereldberoemde 17de eeuwse avonturenroman
"Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote generally has been recognized as the first modern novel." (Goodreads)
Halldór Laxness - Independent people (1934)
Ijslands sociaal realisme en antikapitalisme
"Although it is set in the early twentieth century, Independent people recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic." (Goodreads)
Patrick Süskind - Das Parfum (1985)
Sprookjesachtige historische roman over geur
"Set in 18th-century France, Perfume relates the fascinating and horrifying tale of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who is obsessed with procuring the perfect scent that will make him fully human. With brilliant narrative skill Susskind exposes the dark underside of the society through which Grenouille moves and explores the disquieting inner universe of this singularly possessed man." (Goodreads)
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