Kazuo Ishiguro: Nocturnes trailer

Kafka's Metamorphosis: OUR SCORES

Kafka - Metamorphosis:  March 2015

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	6	8	7	7	Gregor	Father	28
Monica	7	9	6	7	Gregor	Father	29
Raka	7	7	6	5	Gregor	Father	25
Sara	6	7	9	7	Gregor	Father	29

 

Kafka: an eternal dream

from EL PAIS

Isabel Allende's blog?

http://blog.isabelallende.com/ Check this out!

Kafka On the Shore: Our Scores

Kafka On The Shore:  November 2014

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	7	6	5	7	Oshima	Miss S	25
Monica	8	8	8	8	Oshima	JW	32
Raka	9	8	6	7	Oshima	JW	30
Sara	8	7	9	8	Oshima	JW	32

 

One Hundred Years of Solitute: Our Scores

One Hundred Years of Solitude:  July 2014

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja
Monica	10	10	10	10	Colonel	Jose Arcadio The Fake Pope	40
Raka	8	5	6	6	Ursula	Amaranta	25
Sara	7 1/2	7	8	8	Ursula	Jose Arcadio The Fake Pope	30.5

 

HARUKI MURAKAMI on why he is not rated by critics in his homeland

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/13/haruki-murakami-interview-colorless-tsukur-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage

The Famished Road: Our scores!

Another fab discussion, wonderful food, bubbles and company :-)!

Here is the outcome....

The Famished Road :  October 2014

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	4	5	5	3	Azaro’s mum	M.me K	17
Monica	4	7	8	2	Azaro	Blind man	21
Raka	4	4	4	2	Azaro’s mum	None	14
Sara	4	4	5	3	Azaro’s mum	Policeman	16

Ben Okri discusses his approach to writing

Los Buendias: family tree

Translating Gabriel Garcia Marquez

http://www.iol.org.uk/TranslatingGarciaMarquez.pdf

Summer read: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Here below is a challenge for you....The incipit of the novel in Spanish...

Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo. Macondo era entonces una aldea de 20 casas de barro y cañabrava construidas a la orilla de un río de aguas diáfanas que se precipitaban por un lecho de piedras pulidas, blancas y enormes como huevos prehistóricos. El mundo era tan reciente, que muchas cosas carecían de nombre, y para mencionarlas había que señalarlas con el dedo.