erinnern

Du haftest in der Welt, beschwert von Ketten,
doch treibt, was wahr ist, Sprünge in die Wand.
Du wachst und siehst im Dunkeln nach dem Rechten,
dem unbekannten Ausgang zugewandt.
-- Ingeborg Bachmann (Was wahr ist)

reading 11

reading 10

still at it...

reading 9

reading 8

A.K.

Her hand touched me at the wrist.
"If I gave you my life, you would drop it. Wouldn't you?"
I didn't say anything.

-- Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

reading 7

reading 6

plenty

found in a used German translation copy of Andrew Osmond's "Plenty", a dedication, dated September 21, 1987, and a thank you note, used as a bookmark

reading 5

Holy shit balls batman, I'm a reading machine!

reading 4

reading 3

reading 2

I'm not sure how many of those are available in English (except the obvious of course, like Lily Brett), I do know that one of *the* most important books of my life was translated. That would be Brigitte Schwaiger's "Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer/Why Is There Salt in the Sea?". I've been reading this book for 35 years again and again, and, to me, it never gets old, and, again to me, it's relevant, even though it was written in 1977. And R.I.P., Brigitte Schwaiger, I wish you wouldn't have chosen the "shorter way", as you called it.

reading

A big advantage of moving back to Vienna is having a library again that actually deserves to be called that. I read a lot and after having to make it on my own on very little money, I just can't afford to buy books like I used to. So now I can read my heart out for €24/year. Not too shabby, considering the price of books. And there's lots of ebooks and there's even a separate English ebook library. So just for fun I made a list of the books I read since joining the library on July 3. As I said, I read a lot, even while riding my stationary bike, which I do a lot, since I can't walk very far (dizziness, spasticity, etc.).