In Brazil, we read The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas in high school and people don’t appreciate it enough. “To the worm who first gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse, I dedicate with fond remembrance these Posthumous Memoirs” ❤️
I had it in my freshman year... Didn't actually read it. Then by my senior year tried again and absolutely loved it! I wasn't mature enough as a reader to appreciate Machado, guess it happens with a lot of students, but not always the second try...
So the audio mysteriously cuts out at for a second at 7:05, (this book is probably haunted) but the protagonist vanishes from “his boarding school in Barcelona.” If you have suggestions for where Tiny Tomatoes Airline should head to next, leave them below!
You have no idea how happy I am to see your enthusiasm while talking about Noli Me Tangere, I hope you enjoy it. Confession, I cried a little at the end. Much love from the 🇵🇭.
From Turkish Literature,I 'd also recommend you to read Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali and Time Regulating Institute by Ahmet H. Tanpınar if you didn't read.They are amazing!Lots of love from Turkey 😊❤️❤️
@@sausana2501 I've read one of her books which was " Firarperest" and it was a collection of her columns and I really enjoyed it and would recommend and want to read some of her novels,too.Also because I find it unfair that there is a lot of hatred and prejudice towards her in Turkey,I want to read about her more and try to understand her.
Hiii, Im from Brazil and it just makes me soo happy that you acknowledge brazilian literature and its classicism.. Pleas keep bringing brazilian classic books (and maybe some contemporary as you wish?), Brazil have so much culture and treasures that the rest of the world doesn't even imagine!!
Do you have a document/spreadsheet that you're using to keep track of the books and countries? And is this something you would consider making a public version of if you do have one? I'm super keen to start reading more widely!
@@mariskaalblas2605 It's awesome ! I just checked your website and it has great potential ! I'm adding it to my favorites so I'll check it often and travel through books :) (You should definitely add Pachinko for Japan, it's incredible)
@@romalibra_books Thanks again Romane, I think I have Pachinko for South Korea, but you're right, it's mostly set in Japan. Thanks also for your recommendations!!
Hi! I'm from the Philippines ❤️ thank you for featuring one of our national hero's books :) I would also recommend Nick Joaquin's prose and poetry after indulging Rizal's. Joaquin's has been widely compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' writing themes.
So nice to see Nick Joaquín in here! Joaquín's "May Day Eve", "The Summer Solstice", and "The Legend of the Dying Wanton" are some of his short stories that are good starting points when reading him, as well as his play "A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino". A legendary writer. His prose flows and shines like ornate filigrees in a baroque church. Hope she sees this, and really hope more people read him :)
my weekend just got better! kisses from brazil 🥰 ps: machado de assis is flawless! I also recommend you to give a chance to Clarice Lispector, Jorge Amado and Lygia Fagundes Telles
I just want to say, thank you so much for creating this channel. Because of you, I’ve started to get into classics, and I’ve fallen in love with reading again after so many years not picking up books. I’m experiencing a happiness I thought I’d abandoned and left in my childhood. Bless you 🥰
If you're gonna like the Hungarin book, then i HIGHLY recommend to read either Antal Szerb or Géza Gárdonyi. One of my favorites from them are: Romance of Ida by Géza Gárdonyi and Journey by Moonlight by Szerb Antal.
Seeing your videos everyday give that peace in my soul. The smell of books, the warm vapour of coffee and your videos. Peace in mind, excitement at heart ❤️
Thank you so much for the book recommendations. Every time I watch one of your videos my list of books I would like to read just gets bigger and bigger. I love your book hauls from around the globe. A big thanks for introducing me to Haruki Murakami. Norwegian wood is now one of my favorite books of all times
Your new home is beautiful! I hope you are so happy with it and can get everything situated just the way you want it. Sending good vibes your way. I wish for peace to fly to you, in between settling in and preparing for school! I believe you are following a true path.
For Mexico I would recommend “recollection of things to come” fromElena Garro, is a magical realism novel, so I’m sure you’re going to love it. I also adore “Notices from the empire” from Fernando del Paso or “Hurricane season” from Fernanda Melchor P.s. I loooove your channel
I can’t wait for you to read Noli Me Tangere! I have studied the history of my country for long now, and I can say that the allegories given by Dr. Jose Rizal were hard to debunk, but I’m sure with your level of intelligence you’d understand them. Touch-Me-Not has a special place in my heart. And according to Dr. Jose Rizal, written on one of his diaries, that Noli Me Tangere was romantic novel, a work of the heart, a book of feeling. And meanwhile the second book, El Filibusterismo, is a political novel, a work of the head, a book of thought. I hope you enjoy Noli Me Tangere! You also got me into reading The Phantom of the Opera and could not thank you much for it. It’s one of the best classics I’ve read.
I love how this book haul / reading list includes books from so many places!! 💛 thank you to the tiny tomato airlines hehe now I want to check out some of these books for my own reviews
OMG I got so excited when you said Shadow of the Wind! I just started listening to the audiobook and it is so delicious. I find reasons to clean or drive just so I can devour more off this book. Nom nom nom
Elif Shafak’s “10 mins and 38 seconds in this strange world”, is my most favorite book of all time. And it’s also the book I have recommended the most. And till this day, no single person who has read it following my advice hasn’t fallen in love with it and this amazing author. It’s that kind of story who will forever follow you and, despite of seeming to be tragic (which it is), you end up closing the book with a smile on your face because of how (strangely) beautiful it is!! Rewards from Spain :)
It’s quite ironic reading this because she’s kind of hated in Turkey despite being Turkish. 😭 I have also never given her a chance for this exact reason but after this comment, I might.
Hey Emmie, I'm from Brazil, and I follow your channel since March. Thank you so much for giving visibility to Brazillian literature. It's amazing!!! I also LOVE Machado de Assis. In my opinion, he's the best Brazillian author. P.S. Sorry for my English, I'm still learning.
I love your videos Emma they are just so comforting and cozy. I'm looking forward to joining you on your trip around the world since I started this challenge after seeing your other videos ☺️
Im filipino and im so happy to see a book from our culture 🥺 noli me tangere and its sequel el filibusterismo (the filipino titles) are an absolutrly powerful read in particular!!
Satantango is one of my favorite books! So glad you're reading it and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it. All of Krasznahorka's books have beautiful covers. You should buy them all LOL. Happy bookworming!!!
noli me tangere is so good! its a required reading here in the philippines, we literally spend a whole school year just reading and analyzing the book! so excited to hear ur thoughts abt it! 🥰
ll this video is so evident and important. I began getting overpower by the imaginative designs I previously found on the web, yet them I recall the reason and subsequent to perusing the ryder carroll's book, it helps me a great deal to keep things straightforward and valuable for me.
OMGGGGG I'M SO HAPPY! Earth of Mankind (Bumi Manusia) is our national treasure here in Indonesia. I'm starting to read classics like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, I felt bad that I'm not reading Bumi Manusia since it is my mother tongue so I got it a couple of weeks ago. I'm so happy you got it!!
Growing up in a religious family my father disagreed with the views of the prominent Egyptian writers like Taha Hussien (who was blind )and Najib Mahfouz and discouraged us from reading their works. Now many years later I finally picked up a book by Najib Mahfouz, one that got him targeted an almost killed to see what that was all about (and practice my Arabic since I don't live in an Egypt anymore). So .. it's nice to see you getting a book written by him :D The name of the book I mentioned is the children of gebelawi.
Yaaay a hungarian book! 🥰🇭🇺 Theres many nice contemporary author in Hungary, but we have a lot of really good and famous authors from older times too that worth to check out! 😊
Oooh, Satantango is one of my favorites. It’s definitely a book that should be read in a short period of time, because the atmosphere is the most important part. Also, if you have 7 1/2 hours to spare, I would recommend the film adaptation.
i’m so happy to see noli me tangere here. we read it during high school in tagalog language and now, i’m re-reading it in english. the one translated by leon ma. guerrero. i hope you enjoy and appreciate it! that book has a very special place in my heart & it made me cry sooo hard esp. that it talks about the oppressive regime of the spaniards & issues that are still relevant in this generation. also, it has a sequel called el filibusterismo! btw, thank you for this video!
I would suggest reading the Noli Me Tangere (and El Filibusterismo, it’s a duology) before reading This Earth of Mankind (Buru Quartet) because Jose Rizal is actually referenced in Pram’s books (both in the story and in the preface). Maybe this’ll add to your understanding (and hopefully appreciation) of Pram’s quartet, which is a very awesome series! 🙂
Krabat by Otfried Preußler is wonderful! It's a middle grade-ish novel from the 70's but most importantly it's a retelling of a local slavic folktale and it's so dark and spooky and it owns my whole heart. More people need to read that book!
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, the first book of a trilogy, is great Zimbabwean literature too! It was published in 1986 but is still so profound today. It's a classic imo and I highly recommend it 🧡
The moment you said Spain I knew it was going to be a book by Zafon, he is Spain's best author and Marina is literally my all time favorite book. I just found this channel but girl I'm subscribing inmediately, I hope you enjoy Marina as much as I did and still do!
Defiantly go blind into Splendid Suns. It's so good and heartbreaking. Maybe look up any trigger warnings if you need to but I think going in with as little information as possible is the best way. It's such a good book and will stay with you.
Aww love the Tiny Tomatoes Airlines 😍🥰👌 You inspire me to read more world literature! So many interesting titles on this haul, Emma. Ooh, I hope you enjoyed Palace Walk (so glad it arrived, was worried it got delayed in the mail!) I haven't read it myself yet but being Egyptian born myself, it sounds like such an interesting exploration of the Egyptian character and psyche. Enjoy!
Hi, i am from Brazil, I loved that you are going to read Brás Cubas, it is an amazing book, and machado is an incridible writer, very happy to see your interest in brazilian literature.
Marina is amazing!!!!! Hope you love it the way I did!!! I read it before the Shadow of the wind. Right now I'm re-reading all four books in The shadow of the wind series. Sooo amazing!!!🤗🤗🇦🇷
A Thousand Splendid Suns will break your heart a lot but it is worth it. It’s one of my favorites. Hosseini is by far my favorite author. I can’t wait for you to read it!
oh my god. I'm Brazilian and I can't wait for you to read Brás Cubas. It's my favorite book of all time, and the life story of Machado is incredible. You should definitely check it out! Hope you like it!
As a Turk, my favorite Turkish authors are Sabahattin Ali, Zülfü Livaneli, Ahmet H. Tanpınar and Peyami Safa. I highly recommend these authors. Lots of love from Turkey ❤ ❤ ❤
@@naz2388 It's sold on Amazon. And if it's sold on amazon, it's also available in bookstores :) Especially Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahhattin Ali and Serenade for Nadia by Zülfü Livaneli are very famous books that are also sold abroad :)
@@naz2388 iğneleyici bir ton olmamasına dikkat ettim ve özellikle gülücük attım sırf kaba mı oldu diye düşündüğüm için. Sadece biraz bilgilendirme için yazdım o kadar ve böyle düşündüyseniz gerçekten üzüldüm.
@@_jihyeloun_8387 İkinci cümlede biraz aptal birisine anlatıyormuşsunuz gibi hissettim. Ülkede herkes gergin, o yüzden kötüye yorumladım direkt. Amaç o değilse özür dilerim.
Ohhh Marina got to you safely!! Yay! I have 10 mins and 38 seconds in this strange world on my tbr and it sounds so good! can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! Noli me tangere has me really intrigue since weirdly enough, besides being spanish, i never studied the phillipine colonisation... And Statango sounds sooo good omg! added it to my tbr!
It was ages ago, but I remember watching The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at The Bookshelf in Guelph and found it both devastating and uplifting. If the book is half as good as it you're surely in for a emotionally good read. p.s. I highly recommend visiting The Bookshelf if you ever venture that way. I spent a good portion of my undergrad perusing the shelves and watching films in the cinema.
Ooh, Satantango! He has a way of drawing you in with these connected vignettes. Really evocative stuff. If you like it the movie is great. So faithful that it's several hours long 😆 Another big Hungarian book is The Door by Magda Szabo.
From India , thankyou for featuring the legendary Tagore's work❤ also, in terms of books from and about specific countries A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner are two of the most heartbreaking masterpieces that completely transport us to Afghanistan!
If you are interested to read Ukrainian books , I would suggest : - The Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov - The Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka, which is just beautiful and lyrical - Cassandra by Lesya Ukrainka - Shadows of forgotten ancestors by Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky And thank you for that lovely video 💕. There are so many great books all over the world . I don’t even know where to start tbh😅😂
@@gabrielagardeano2456 It depends what you particularly like and look for in a novel. If you want to read about Ukrainian Folklore , I would suggest The Forest Song ,it has more like a mythical and magical feel to it . If you search for a calm nevertheless fascinating novel about village communities ,bureaucrats ,distrust and religion and peoples affiliation , I would suggest Grey Bees . If you want to read an Ukrainian poetry book , I would read Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan ,there he talks about the industrial landscapes of East Ukraine . My favourite Ukrainian book is The Unsimple by Taras Prokhasko it is a poetic magical realism book ,which I don’t want to tell to much ,because I think that’s the best way to experience it not knowing anything about it . I hope that you aren’t now overwhelmed even more 😅😊
i would also recommend ”museum of abandoned secretes” by Oksana Zabuzhko and ”perversion” by Yuri Andrukhovych! it's really hard for foreigners (even for natives, sometimes) to comprehend what we call Ukrainian Classics, because, obviously, you must know a bit of a history of Ukraine to catch on things, and our history is somewhat painful. but modern novels do not require any additional knowledge, on the contrary, they provide you with this! so, you can just pick up any modern ukrainian book you're interested in :)
aaaaaaaaa noli me tangere!!! It's absolutely beautiful on its own but better read in the context of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines in the late 19th century. i'm on board the tiny tomatoes airlines!!! ♡♡♡
Love the idea to explore books from the wonderful authors from all over the world! I will send you one of the books from Indian author. I am still trying to figure out your genre as I am a new subscriber. On a related note, I tumbled upon a bookstore in Budapest Downtown, and bought a book from the bookstore based in Hungary- Under the Frog. I am reading it right now and cannot believe I did not start this ritual for all the countries before. Visiting a local bookstore will always be on my international travel itinerary. :)
From Algeria (again haha) I recommend you so much "what the day owes the night" by Yasmina Khadra according to your taste I'm pretty sure you are going to love it. It's a historical novel that includes romance, politics and it pictures the life of Algerians and French people during the French colonization in Algeria. It was written in French by an Algerian author in a very beautiful and lyrical way, it's really gonna be worth it. I hope an audiobook version will be available very soon.
a Thousand Splendid Suns is such a beautiful book, I read it a month ago and it made so emotional, it made me realize how hard and sad wars are, especially for women. I'm sending positive vibes to everyone in Afghanistan, may your country find peace as soon as possible.
I highly recommend a modern Russian classic called Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina :) it focuses on the 1930s repressions and shows how much the Tatar people had to go through during this period Also, Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin is pretty good although it focuses a lot on the religion and religious exploration
I mentioned Zuleikha too in previous Emmie's video as I was still reading it BUT I got to a moment when SPOILER Ignatov forces Zuleikha to kiss him and I started liking the book much less :\
In Brazil, we read The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas in high school and people don’t appreciate it enough. “To the worm who first gnawed on the cold flesh of my corpse, I dedicate with fond remembrance these Posthumous Memoirs” ❤️
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I had it in my freshman year... Didn't actually read it.
Then by my senior year tried again and absolutely loved it!
I wasn't mature enough as a reader to appreciate Machado, guess it happens with a lot of students, but not always the second try...
It's sooooooo brilliant. I LOVED it!
Best book ever
So the audio mysteriously cuts out at for a second at 7:05, (this book is probably haunted) but the protagonist vanishes from “his boarding school in Barcelona.” If you have suggestions for where Tiny Tomatoes Airline should head to next, leave them below!
come to south africa?
Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Greece. And Kazantzakis's Zorba
serbia! you should check out ivo andrić!
Heck yeah South Africa
You have no idea how happy I am to see your enthusiasm while talking about Noli Me Tangere, I hope you enjoy it. Confession, I cried a little at the end. Much love from the 🇵🇭.
From Turkish Literature,I 'd also recommend you to read Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali and Time Regulating Institute by Ahmet H. Tanpınar if you didn't read.They are amazing!Lots of love from Turkey 😊❤️❤️
I was in Turkey a couple of weeks ago and i read madonna in a fur coat while i was there. Beautiful country! Cant want to go back!
@@sausana2501 soo glad that you liked it!
@@sevvalvanl8253 thanks! What are your thoughts on Elif shafak? Do you recommend her?
@@sausana2501 I've read one of her books which was " Firarperest" and it was a collection of her columns and I really enjoyed it and would recommend and want to read some of her novels,too.Also because I find it unfair that there is a lot of hatred and prejudice towards her in Turkey,I want to read about her more and try to understand her.
@@sausana2501 I love Elif Shafak so much!!!
Hiii, Im from Brazil and it just makes me soo happy that you acknowledge brazilian literature and its classicism.. Pleas keep bringing brazilian classic books (and maybe some contemporary as you wish?), Brazil have so much culture and treasures that the rest of the world doesn't even imagine!!
I recommend the El Filibusterismo after reading the Noli Me Tangere, it somewhat of a sequel to Jose Rizal's first novel
Do you have a document/spreadsheet that you're using to keep track of the books and countries? And is this something you would consider making a public version of if you do have one? I'm super keen to start reading more widely!
@@mariskaalblas2605 It's awesome ! I just checked your website and it has great potential ! I'm adding it to my favorites so I'll check it often and travel through books :) (You should definitely add Pachinko for Japan, it's incredible)
@@romalibra_books Thanks again Romane, I think I have Pachinko for South Korea, but you're right, it's mostly set in Japan. Thanks also for your recommendations!!
She uses Goodreads. The link is in her profile.
We're also celebrating Filipino Language this month. So happy you have featured Noli here 🌺
As a brazilian, I really appreciate it so much that you're reading Machado and not The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho that everyone reads
Hi! I'm from the Philippines ❤️ thank you for featuring one of our national hero's books :) I would also recommend Nick Joaquin's prose and poetry after indulging Rizal's. Joaquin's has been widely compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' writing themes.
omg yES !!
Yes! I hope she sees this! 🥺❤️
yaaas
OMG YES NICK JOAQUIN!!!!
So nice to see Nick Joaquín in here! Joaquín's "May Day Eve", "The Summer Solstice", and "The Legend of the Dying Wanton" are some of his short stories that are good starting points when reading him, as well as his play "A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino". A legendary writer. His prose flows and shines like ornate filigrees in a baroque church. Hope she sees this, and really hope more people read him :)
my weekend just got better! kisses from brazil 🥰
ps: machado de assis is flawless! I also recommend you to give a chance to Clarice Lispector, Jorge Amado and Lygia Fagundes Telles
I just want to say, thank you so much for creating this channel. Because of you, I’ve started to get into classics, and I’ve fallen in love with reading again after so many years not picking up books. I’m experiencing a happiness I thought I’d abandoned and left in my childhood. Bless you 🥰
If you're gonna like the Hungarin book, then i HIGHLY recommend to read either Antal Szerb or Géza Gárdonyi. One of my favorites from them are: Romance of Ida by Géza Gárdonyi and Journey by Moonlight by Szerb Antal.
Another vote for these two books!
3 votes!!!! (Idáért plusz egy szavazat 🥺)
Via paal
Magda Szabó would be a great choice, too. Also, I love Romance of Ida (Ida regénye).😍
Seeing your videos everyday give that peace in my soul. The smell of books, the warm vapour of coffee and your videos. Peace in mind, excitement at heart ❤️
Thank you so much for the book recommendations. Every time I watch one of your videos my list of books I would like to read just gets bigger and bigger. I love your book hauls from around the globe. A big thanks for introducing me to Haruki Murakami. Norwegian wood is now one of my favorite books of all times
Ahhh more books to add to my tbr list! The way you express how much you're excited to read each book makes me want to read them too.
Your new home is beautiful! I hope you are so happy with it and can get everything situated just the way you want it. Sending good vibes your way. I wish for peace to fly to you, in between settling in and preparing for school! I believe you are following a true path.
For Mexico I would recommend “recollection of things to come” fromElena Garro, is a magical realism novel, so I’m sure you’re going to love it. I also adore “Notices from the empire” from Fernando del Paso or “Hurricane season” from Fernanda Melchor
P.s. I loooove your channel
I'm usually opposed to corporate monopolies but I will accept an economical takeover by the tiny tomato conglomerate
This is the earliest I have ever been to your wonderfully made videos. I hope everyone in the comment section has a day filled with jubilee! ☺️
I just aspire to be as glowing and as in love Emma is with literature 🧡
I am from Hungary and I'm so proud of our literature! Thank you for introduce a piece of it on your channel. It warms my heart.
Hey, Emma. I just want you to know what a comfort you have been in one of the hardest phases of my life. Love, from Afghanistan.
I hope you're safe and i hope you'll get through these bad days soon. Peace and love from Turkey
I am so sorry for everything that's happening rn in Afghanistan :( I hope you're okay. Sending love from Slovakia
@@esr3103 thank you so much! ❤️
@@bexinthebooks thanks ❤️❤️
Greetings from Cambridge Massachusetts. I hope you are safe and life gets better in your tortured country. Stay safe , I will think of you
I can’t wait for you to read Noli Me Tangere! I have studied the history of my country for long now, and I can say that the allegories given by Dr. Jose Rizal were hard to debunk, but I’m sure with your level of intelligence you’d understand them. Touch-Me-Not has a special place in my heart. And according to Dr. Jose Rizal, written on one of his diaries, that Noli Me Tangere was romantic novel, a work of the heart, a book of feeling. And meanwhile the second book, El Filibusterismo, is a political novel, a work of the head, a book of thought.
I hope you enjoy Noli Me Tangere! You also got me into reading The Phantom of the Opera and could not thank you much for it. It’s one of the best classics I’ve read.
I love how this book haul / reading list includes books from so many places!! 💛 thank you to the tiny tomato airlines hehe
now I want to check out some of these books for my own reviews
The Hairdresser of Hrare is wonderful! I think you'll really love it and the novel flies by.
OMG I got so excited when you said Shadow of the Wind! I just started listening to the audiobook and it is so delicious. I find reasons to clean or drive just so I can devour more off this book. Nom nom nom
Elif Shafak’s “10 mins and 38 seconds in this strange world”, is my most favorite book of all time. And it’s also the book I have recommended the most.
And till this day, no single person who has read it following my advice hasn’t fallen in love with it and this amazing author. It’s that kind of story who will forever follow you and, despite of seeming to be tragic (which it is), you end up closing the book with a smile on your face because of how (strangely) beautiful it is!!
Rewards from Spain :)
It’s quite ironic reading this because she’s kind of hated in Turkey despite being Turkish. 😭 I have also never given her a chance for this exact reason but after this comment, I might.
@@naz2388 why tho😢
@@eda.98 Long story tbh but mostly because of the things she says - not because of the things she writes.
@@naz2388 thanks for telling me!
Hey Emmie, I'm from Brazil, and I follow your channel since March. Thank you so much for giving visibility to Brazillian literature. It's amazing!!! I also LOVE Machado de Assis. In my opinion, he's the best Brazillian author. P.S. Sorry for my English, I'm still learning.
I love your videos Emma they are just so comforting and cozy. I'm looking forward to joining you on your trip around the world since I started this challenge after seeing your other videos ☺️
SO EXCITED for you to read Noli!! We had to read it for high school and it wasn't until I read it recently that I appreciated it much more.
Im filipino and im so happy to see a book from our culture 🥺 noli me tangere and its sequel el filibusterismo (the filipino titles) are an absolutrly powerful read in particular!!
Satantango is one of my favorite books! So glad you're reading it and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
All of Krasznahorka's books have beautiful covers. You should buy them all LOL. Happy bookworming!!!
noli me tangere is so good! its a required reading here in the philippines, we literally spend a whole school year just reading and analyzing the book! so excited to hear ur thoughts abt it! 🥰
Can’t wait for you to read minor detail! So beautiful and yes. Devastating too
I’m so excited to see you read a book from Romania!!! And it’s a wonderful choice
ll this video is so evident and important. I began getting overpower by the imaginative designs I previously found on the web, yet them I recall the reason and subsequent to perusing the ryder carroll's book, it helps me a great deal to keep things straightforward and valuable for me.
Always a pleasure watching your videos, it's like I'm reading a fairytale book. Hugs and love from Romania! 🐞🌼🐝
Yeayy! Finally The Buru Quartet!! Happy reading!
A Thousand Splendid Suns will just break you. I cried so hard reading this. It’s an outstanding work of art.
Your videos always make me happy.
And your recommendations are beautiful and thoughtful .
OMGGGGG I'M SO HAPPY! Earth of Mankind (Bumi Manusia) is our national treasure here in Indonesia. I'm starting to read classics like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, I felt bad that I'm not reading Bumi Manusia since it is my mother tongue so I got it a couple of weeks ago. I'm so happy you got it!!
I’m literally screaming when you say This Earth of Mankind! It’s phenomenal, hope you’ll get into it soon! 😆
Thank you for reading This Earth of Mankind. Truly a great piece of literature!
Rilke's corner just melts my heart! 😍
Growing up in a religious family my father disagreed with the views of the prominent Egyptian writers like Taha Hussien (who was blind )and Najib Mahfouz and discouraged us from reading their works. Now many years later I finally picked up a book by Najib Mahfouz, one that got him targeted an almost killed to see what that was all about (and practice my Arabic since I don't live in an Egypt anymore). So .. it's nice to see you getting a book written by him :D The name of the book I mentioned is the children of gebelawi.
Brás Cubas is my favorite book by Machado ❤ the writing is just perfect!! hope you enjoy it
This the first time that I heard of miner detail, but as a Palestinian I am so excited that you read something about my country.
Yaaay a hungarian book! 🥰🇭🇺 Theres many nice contemporary author in Hungary, but we have a lot of really good and famous authors from older times too that worth to check out! 😊
Hi Emmie! 😘 Much love from Romania! 🥰❤ Great choice of a book for my country...😘😘
Oooh, Satantango is one of my favorites. It’s definitely a book that should be read in a short period of time, because the atmosphere is the most important part. Also, if you have 7 1/2 hours to spare, I would recommend the film adaptation.
I read Marina a while ago. Loved the gothic atmosphere. It was nostalgic because the spooky aspects remind me of Goosebump episodes lol
i’m so happy to see noli me tangere here. we read it during high school in tagalog language and now, i’m re-reading it in english. the one translated by leon ma. guerrero. i hope you enjoy and appreciate it! that book has a very special place in my heart & it made me cry sooo hard esp. that it talks about the oppressive regime of the spaniards & issues that are still relevant in this generation. also, it has a sequel called el filibusterismo! btw, thank you for this video!
I would suggest reading the Noli Me Tangere (and El Filibusterismo, it’s a duology) before reading This Earth of Mankind (Buru Quartet) because Jose Rizal is actually referenced in Pram’s books (both in the story and in the preface). Maybe this’ll add to your understanding (and hopefully appreciation) of Pram’s quartet, which is a very awesome series! 🙂
I’m reading The bell jar.. and i love your edition. 😙💚
“Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas” is very good. 🤩
Love from Portugal 😘🇵🇹
This inspired me to read books from other countries! Thank you for the recommendations!
I started this challenge after watching your videos about it! I love it sm so far:) currently reading one hundred years of solitude
Krabat by Otfried Preußler is wonderful! It's a middle grade-ish novel from the 70's but most importantly it's a retelling of a local slavic folktale and it's so dark and spooky and it owns my whole heart. More people need to read that book!
I’m so glad you picked up This Earth of Mankind! Can’t wait to hear what you think about it! You just made my day, and it’s only 7:43am here aaahh 🤩
“I just can’t take that level of cringe.. not like we’ve come much further” lol love you
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, the first book of a trilogy, is great Zimbabwean literature too! It was published in 1986 but is still so profound today. It's a classic imo and I highly recommend it 🧡
The moment you said Spain I knew it was going to be a book by Zafon, he is Spain's best author and Marina is literally my all time favorite book.
I just found this channel but girl I'm subscribing inmediately, I hope you enjoy Marina as much as I did and still do!
These videos always leave me adding a dozen new books on my goodreads
Defiantly go blind into Splendid Suns. It's so good and heartbreaking. Maybe look up any trigger warnings if you need to but I think going in with as little information as possible is the best way. It's such a good book and will stay with you.
Aww love the Tiny Tomatoes Airlines 😍🥰👌
You inspire me to read more world literature! So many interesting titles on this haul, Emma. Ooh, I hope you enjoyed Palace Walk (so glad it arrived, was worried it got delayed in the mail!) I haven't read it myself yet but being Egyptian born myself, it sounds like such an interesting exploration of the Egyptian character and psyche. Enjoy!
Hi, i am from Brazil, I loved that you are going to read Brás Cubas, it is an amazing book, and machado is an incridible writer, very happy to see your interest in brazilian literature.
I love Marina!! So excited for you to read it since I’ve never seen anyone on here mention it before!
Marina is amazing!!!!! Hope you love it the way I did!!! I read it before the Shadow of the wind. Right now I'm re-reading all four books in The shadow of the wind series. Sooo amazing!!!🤗🤗🇦🇷
A Thousand Splendid Suns will break your heart a lot but it is worth it. It’s one of my favorites. Hosseini is by far my favorite author. I can’t wait for you to read it!
Very happy to see Machado de Assis in this video is one of my favorite authors and Brazilian literature is really extensive 🥰🇧🇷
If you get to reading from Australia my recommendations are Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett or Pastures of the Blue Crane by H. F. Brinsmead
oh my god. I'm Brazilian and I can't wait for you to read Brás Cubas. It's my favorite book of all time, and the life story of Machado is incredible. You should definitely check it out!
Hope you like it!
I remember reading Marina at night and being really scared by it during high school hahaha all his books are so good!
As a Turk, my favorite Turkish authors are Sabahattin Ali, Zülfü Livaneli, Ahmet H. Tanpınar and Peyami Safa. I highly recommend these authors. Lots of love from Turkey ❤ ❤ ❤
I don’t think any of their books are sold in Canada.
@@naz2388 It's sold on Amazon. And if it's sold on amazon, it's also available in bookstores :) Especially Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahhattin Ali and Serenade for Nadia by Zülfü Livaneli are very famous books that are also sold abroad :)
@@_jihyeloun_8387 Bu iğneleyici tona gerek var mıydı cidden lol “sanmıyorum” demişim kesin konuşmamışım bile
@@naz2388 iğneleyici bir ton olmamasına dikkat ettim ve özellikle gülücük attım sırf kaba mı oldu diye düşündüğüm için. Sadece biraz bilgilendirme için yazdım o kadar ve böyle düşündüyseniz gerçekten üzüldüm.
@@_jihyeloun_8387 İkinci cümlede biraz aptal birisine anlatıyormuşsunuz gibi hissettim. Ülkede herkes gergin, o yüzden kötüye yorumladım direkt. Amaç o değilse özür dilerim.
Ohhh Marina got to you safely!! Yay!
I have 10 mins and 38 seconds in this strange world on my tbr and it sounds so good! can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!
Noli me tangere has me really intrigue since weirdly enough, besides being spanish, i never studied the phillipine colonisation...
And Statango sounds sooo good omg! added it to my tbr!
It was ages ago, but I remember watching The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at The Bookshelf in Guelph and found it both devastating and uplifting. If the book is half as good as it you're surely in for a emotionally good read.
p.s. I highly recommend visiting The Bookshelf if you ever venture that way. I spent a good portion of my undergrad perusing the shelves and watching films in the cinema.
I'm loving all your videos!! 😭💙
Wow! Superb! One of the jewels of Brazilian 🇧🇷literature here!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hope you love it!!!!
Reading a book from every country sounds so cool and I definitely want to make it as a fun challenge! Adding all these videos into a playlists
Ooh, Satantango! He has a way of drawing you in with these connected vignettes. Really evocative stuff. If you like it the movie is great. So faithful that it's several hours long 😆
Another big Hungarian book is The Door by Magda Szabo.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is amazing as well
elif shafak is such a nice pick! i love her writing! my personal fave book is honour! i hope that you’ll enjoy reading her book :)
10 minutes 38 seconds is soooo good!! I think you'll love it! ❤️
Watching this as iam cooking dinner right now...
Love your videos Emma ❤️❤️
From India , thankyou for featuring the legendary Tagore's work❤ also, in terms of books from and about specific countries A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner are two of the most heartbreaking masterpieces that completely transport us to Afghanistan!
I love these videos so much i always end up with an even bigger list of books that i NEED to read ✨
Machado de Assis is my favorite author ever! You're gonna love this trilogy
For spanish books set in Barcelona I recommend A broken mirror or The time of the doves both from Mercè Rodoreda
Elif Shafak's Forty Rules of Love is also an amazing work!!
If you are interested to read Ukrainian books , I would suggest :
- The Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
- The Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka, which is just beautiful and lyrical
- Cassandra by Lesya Ukrainka
- Shadows of forgotten ancestors by Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky
And thank you for that lovely video 💕. There are so many great books all over the world . I don’t even know where to start tbh😅😂
you recommend to start for which one?
@@gabrielagardeano2456 It depends what you particularly like and look for in a novel. If you want to read about Ukrainian Folklore , I would suggest The Forest Song ,it has more like a mythical and magical feel to it . If you search for a calm nevertheless fascinating novel about village communities ,bureaucrats ,distrust and religion and peoples affiliation , I would suggest Grey Bees . If you want to read an Ukrainian poetry book , I would read Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan ,there he talks about the industrial landscapes of East Ukraine . My favourite Ukrainian book is The Unsimple by Taras Prokhasko it is a poetic magical realism book ,which I don’t want to tell to much ,because I think that’s the best way to experience it not knowing anything about it . I hope that you aren’t now overwhelmed even more 😅😊
i would also recommend ”museum of abandoned secretes” by Oksana Zabuzhko and ”perversion” by Yuri Andrukhovych! it's really hard for foreigners (even for natives, sometimes) to comprehend what we call Ukrainian Classics, because, obviously, you must know a bit of a history of Ukraine to catch on things, and our history is somewhat painful. but modern novels do not require any additional knowledge, on the contrary, they provide you with this! so, you can just pick up any modern ukrainian book you're interested in :)
@@dragomyra Thank you I added these two to my list :)
@@romalibra_books you're welcome!!!
Emma your awesome ;) your an amazing person with a awesome personality and you make everyone's day better with your book reviews
aaaaaaaaa noli me tangere!!! It's absolutely beautiful on its own but better read in the context of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines in the late 19th century. i'm on board the tiny tomatoes airlines!!! ♡♡♡
Love the idea to explore books from the wonderful authors from all over the world! I will send you one of the books from Indian author. I am still trying to figure out your genre as I am a new subscriber.
On a related note, I tumbled upon a bookstore in Budapest Downtown, and bought a book from the bookstore based in Hungary- Under the Frog. I am reading it right now and cannot believe I did not start this ritual for all the countries before. Visiting a local bookstore will always be on my international travel itinerary. :)
For Palestine, I highly recommend Gassan Kanafani. He lived through Nakba, and his style is just phenomenal.
Machado is so good! You will love it! I also recommend Dom Casmurro.
i really needed a bookhaul video today 😩
From Algeria (again haha) I recommend you so much "what the day owes the night" by Yasmina Khadra according to your taste I'm pretty sure you are going to love it. It's a historical novel that includes romance, politics and it pictures the life of Algerians and French people during the French colonization in Algeria. It was written in French by an Algerian author in a very beautiful and lyrical way, it's really gonna be worth it. I hope an audiobook version will be available very soon.
I just read this and it was AMAZING!
Love the Tiny Tomatoes Airline. That name is just perfect!
a Thousand Splendid Suns is such a beautiful book, I read it a month ago and it made so emotional, it made me realize how hard and sad wars are, especially for women. I'm sending positive vibes to everyone in Afghanistan, may your country find peace as soon as possible.
I highly recommend a modern Russian classic called Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina :) it focuses on the 1930s repressions and shows how much the Tatar people had to go through during this period
Also, Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin is pretty good although it focuses a lot on the religion and religious exploration
I mentioned Zuleikha too in previous Emmie's video as I was still reading it BUT I got to a moment when SPOILER Ignatov forces Zuleikha to kiss him and I started liking the book much less :\