One family almost single-handedly responsible for this week's transgressions.
More Joseph Roth,The Radetzky March, Job and The Legend of the Holy Drinker and what a lifesaver Roth has been in amongst all this heady Booker reading.Nothing like grounding yourself every so often.
I'm hoping Rings of Saturn will be a good route into the writing of WG Sebald after my Austerlitz failure.
A rarely seen Irmgard Keun, After Midnight.These are difficult to find in translation.
The Hatbox Letters by Beth Powning was flagged up by craftyperson who found a great write up on it.
Finally, a book I can't wait to start and mentioned on Jessica Ruston's Book Meme as a favourite and endorsed in comments there by Adele Geras, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.
This looks very different and very exciting and I'm really looking forward to the challenge of the unusual.
There's also a book missing which I've already bought in my head and it's the latest from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun, expect it to feature in next week's stack.
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