The Orbis Terrarum Challenge is being hosted by B&b exlibris who say:
Here is the deali-o!
- The Orbis Terrarum Challenge begins April 1 2008 (you are welcome to join later) Through December 20th 2008.
- For the challenge each reader is to choose 9 books (for the 9 months).
-Each book must be by an author from a different nation in our world.
- You can change your list of books at any time, just as long as you have read nine in the end.
The bottom line: choose 9 different books, written by 9 different authors, from 9 different countries.
I'll make a bit of a list to begin, reserving the right to change at any whim!
- The Plague - Albert Camus (Algeria)
- A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammad Hanif (Pakistan)
- Literary Murder: A Critical Case - Batya Gur (Israel)
- This Blinding Absense of Light - Ben Jelloun, Tahar (Morocco)
- In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar (Libya)
- The Cruel Stars of the Night - Kjell Eriksson (Sweden)
- A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz (Australia)
- Shadow Family - Miyuki Miyabe (Japan)
- The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri (Italy)
- Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones (New Zealand)
- Things Fall Apart - Chiua Achebe (Nigeria)
- Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson (Norway)
looks like a good list. I haven't read any of them, but I will be excited to see how you review them and if I need them on my list!!!
ReplyDeleteWELCOME!!!
I am really thinking about joining this challenge. RATS! And here I was, thinking that I had joined enough! Just when I think I've gotten away.......I'll let you know if I join and what my books are. You're probably laughing too. You have some very interesting choices too!
ReplyDeletebethany - thanks, they are books I was hoping to read. I'm trying a few mysteries form around the world, since I like mysteries, but this allows me to try different countries.
ReplyDeletesusan - I thought I had joined enough in January, and now a bunch of fun ones from last year - Once Upon a Time and the Nonfiction 5 are tempting me. I am laughing, and I bet I'll see your choices soon.
http://susanflynn.blogspot.com/2008/03/orbis-terrarum-challenge.html
ReplyDeleteHere's my choices....joined at last! thanks! and now for the fairy tale challenge...and this will be the last one...oops, just saw the non-fiction challenge....yikes, who knew the readers could come up with so many challenges???? right, that will be the last one....I can only read so many books a year!! By the way, you have a real neat list of books to read for the Orbis challenge.