Comments on: Around the world in 100 books http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/around-the-world-in-100-books/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Charles http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/around-the-world-in-100-books/comment-page-1/#comment-42073 Fred Charles Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:12:15 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/around-the-world-in-100-books/#comment-42073 Sounds like a major undertaking. Let us know how it works out. <strong>jb says:</strong> I'll be keeping my eye on it, Fred. Sounds like a major undertaking. Let us know how it works out.

jb says: I’ll be keeping my eye on it, Fred.

]]> By: Lee http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/around-the-world-in-100-books/comment-page-1/#comment-41357 Lee Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:49:44 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/around-the-world-in-100-books/#comment-41357 I think something like this is a good idea. Though I read - only tolerably -some foreign languages, I still tend to gravitate towards works written originally in English. Reading Pamuk recently was very liberating, and I must resolve to do better, and go even further afield. Do you know the Words Without Borders website, an online magazine for international literature? They offer some fine material: http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/ <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Lee. Thanks for the link. I do know the site and use it from time to time. I also only read in English but some of my best reading experiences have been in translation. Dostoevsky, Hamsun, Marquez, just to name a dozen or so. I think something like this is a good idea. Though I read – only tolerably -some foreign languages, I still tend to gravitate towards works written originally in English. Reading Pamuk recently was very liberating, and I must resolve to do better, and go even further afield.

Do you know the Words Without Borders website, an online magazine for international literature? They offer some fine material:

http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/

jb says: Hi Lee. Thanks for the link. I do know the site and use it from time to time. I also only read in English but some of my best reading experiences have been in translation. Dostoevsky, Hamsun, Marquez, just to name a dozen or so.

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