Currently Reading
updated Monday, June 15, 2009
Reading now:
Chaos James Gleick
Victory Joseph Conrad
Reading Norwegian Einar Haugen, ed.
(on hold while I am away) Sofies Verden Jostein Gaarder
My favorite Norwegian book ever. Known as Sophie’s World in English-speaking circles.
Recently finished
Typisk Amerikansk Anders Buraas
A Norwegian newspaper correspondent travels by car for a year to discover the true America.
Maurice E.M. Forster
Balkan Ghosts Robert D. Kaplan
The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue Wendy Lesser
Apples are from Kazakhstan Christopher Robbins
Îmi Place Limba Româna Rodica Boţoman
In Siberia Colin Thubron
Traveling on foot and by train, the author tries to find the lost heart of Siberia.
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World Nicholas Ostler
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