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Apropå mitt förra inlägg: Jag blev idag villigt meddragen till Scifibokhandeln av K, som skulle leta litteratur till sin C-uppsats, och kunde själv fynda den senaste delen i Robert Jordans Wheel of Time (som ju figuerade i min topplista i det senaste … [mer]

Författare: Elizabeth KostovaPubliceringsår: 2005Handling: Detta är en fiktiv berättelse om två akademikers jakt på den verklige Draculas grav (och Dracula själv), för han var ju faktiskt en riktig, historisk person. Utan att avslöja för mycket är … [mer]

Det har blivit mycket spansk skönlitteratur under terminens gång i och med att jag läste en litteraturkurs. Kommer antagligen aldrig komma till skott med att recensera varje bok individuellt och utförligt, så jag tyckte det var bättre att i alla fall … [mer]

Author: Honoré de BalzacYear of publication: 1959Plot summary: Père Goriot lives in the boarding house of Madame Vauqer and is the general laughing stock of its inhabitants. His story, once revealed, however, proves to be a sad story about a man … [mer]

Author: Chuck PalahniukYear of publication: 1996Plot summary: The narrator is tired of his picture perfect life when he meets Tyler Durden. After experiencing his first real fight, he realises even more that it is something else he wants out of life. All … [mer]

or ”Tear This Heart Out” (official title, not my translation)Author: Ángeles MastrettaYear of publication: 1990Plot summary: 15-year-old Catalina falls in love with the twice-as-old general Ascencio. He decides to marry her (she didn’t have much of a say … [mer]

or ”Soldiers of Salamine”Author: Javier CercasYear of publication: 2001Plot summary: The author/reporter Cercas stumbles across the story about Rafael Sanchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange, and how he escapes his execution and is then saved … [mer]

Author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezYear of publication: 1970Plot summary: Eight men fall overboard from the ship Caldas. Only one survives the waves, and has to spend ten days on a raft before finding his rescue. Despite the fact that hardly anything actually … [mer]

Author: Neil GaimanYear of publication: 1999Plot summary: Tristran wants to find a fallen star for his true love, but is about to learn a lot of things about love and other matters on his journey to find it and bring it back. You might want to sit down … [mer]

Author: Alex GarlandYear of publication: 1996Plot summary: Richard, Étienne and Francoise look for the mysterious paradise said to exist on an isolated island in Thailand and find it, but is it really paradise? As usual, the book makes much more sense … [mer]

Author: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleYear of publication: 1892Plot summary: This is a compilation of numerous Sherlock adventures.They’re too short! My disappointment was tangible when I realised that each mystery barely amounts to 30 pages. What is up with … [mer]

Author: Belinda WebbYear of publication: 2008Plot summary: A paraphrasis of ”A Clockwork Orange”, the storyline of ”A Clockwork Apple” is in many ways parallell to that of the former, and in many ways not. Seeing as I loved the original this was based … [mer]

or ”The Alquemist”Author: Paulo CoelhoYear of publication: 1988Plot summary: Santiago goes on a journey to find his treasure at the pyramids in Egypt. He will find as much or more on his way there, and learn many things he never would have if he had … [mer]

Author: Fredrik LindströmYear of publication: 2000Plot outline: A non-fictional book, ”Världens dåligaste språk” discusses issues like the supposed deteriration of Swedish grammar, when it is okay to correct someone and when it’s not and the origin of … [mer]

Author: Jane AustenYear of publication: 1813Plot summary: When Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy first meet, they do not take a liking to each other; rather the opposite, actually. But will their feelings change when they learn more about one another?I’m … [mer]

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Director: Fredrik BoklundCast: Anders Jansson, Johan Wester, Camilla Frey, Karim Rashed med fleraPlot outline: After an embarassing incident, reporter Morgan Pålsson and his cameraman are sent to a backwater African country called Matobo. A sudden coup … [mer]

Author: Michael MooreYear of publication: 2001Plot summary: Moore tackles the U.S. of A and the many political and economical issues he sees.Even though this book was highly entertaining, as usual when it comes to Moore, I was a little disappointed that … [mer]