Bringing this thread back, just because there aren't many threads about books (shame! shame!! shame!!!)
Latest books (read during the past 15-20 days):
Impératrice by Shan Sa
Duidao by Liu Yingchang
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Gan by Mori Ogai
Zai Xiyu Zhong Huhan by Yu Hua
Loin De Rueil by Raymond Queneau
L'Ingratitude by Ying Chen
Kusamakura by Natsume Sôseki
Midnight All Day by Hanif Kureishi
Honeymoon by Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (reading this one for the second time)
Right now, I am reading
Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry. Frankly, the book has some great ideas and a lot of dark humour, I could never admit it's not been written by a smart person, but it's too much "british" from many points of view, which makes it a bit hard to follow at times... and yes, also a bit snobbish. Being snobbish is almost inevitable when a writer tries too hard to sound witty or unsympathetic or indelicate at all costs.
PS: Why do we always get to see movies after all the other countries? I was looking forward to see the
Hitchhiker's Guide's movie... I wanted to watch it soooo badly... but I will have to wait some more
