Books from Luxembourg
10 popular luxembourg books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Luxembourg.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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At the Devil's Banquets by Anise Koltz EN
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
Poetry. Translated from the French by John F. Deane. The sequential poem is the connective tissue of AT THE DEVIL'S BANQUETS, a collection that holds at its heart the raw materials of familial relations and emotional inheritance. Koltz is tuned to a dark frequency, uncomfortably listening at the edge of the universe and forever seeking clarity of feeling. This work is highly metaphorical, self-incriminating, and spare, with an anger turned gently inward. John F. Deane's direct, clear translations from the French serve Koltz's somber vision exquisitely.
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In Reality: Selected Poems by Jean Portante EN
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
Continuing Seren's Discoveries series of exceptional writing in translation, this new collection brings the selected poems of Jean Portante to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Translated by Zoë Skoulding. As a Francophone Luxembourger of Italian descent, Portante's poetry is often concerned with European politics, language, and questions of identity. This dual-language edition collects work from the last 20 years, including work from his 2103 collection Après le tremblement . Jean Portante has written more than 20 books, including collections of poems, short stories, plays, scr... continue
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M for Amnesia by Anne-Marie Reuter EN
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
From the back of the book:
"What is left when memory stops? Do memories change over time? Is memory as a process about to change in our world?"
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Mrs Haroy o La memoria de la ballena by Jean Portante ES
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
La obra poética de Jean Portante está marcada por pausas, si no teóricas, al menos indicativas de las direcciones tomadas y del significado que esta aventura de poner en palabras una realidad vivida, soñada o imaginada manifiesta a los ojos del poeta.
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Ralph 124C 41+ : A Romance of the Year 2660 by Hugo Gernsback EN
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
Science fiction-roman.
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Somnambule du jour by Anise Koltz FR
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
Anise Koltz est née au Grand-Duché du Luxembourg en 1928. A part de très nombreux voyages en Asie, Etats-Unis, Afrique et Europe, elle a depuis sa naissance toujours vécu dans son pays d'origine auquel elle est très attachée. Du fait de l'occupation des Allemands pendant la dernière guerre, Anise Koltz sera obligée à s'orienter vers la culture allemande. Ses premiers livres seront donc édités à Luxembourg et en Allemagne. Mais dès les années quatre-vingts, elle n'écrira plus qu'en français, abandonnant complètement l'allemand, sa première langue littéraire. Son mari, le Dr René Koltz étant mor... continue
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Ultimate World by Hugo Gernsback EN
Country: Europe / Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Description:
written by "the father of science fiction"