Noch im dritten Band der Tagebücher des schottischen Buchhändlers und Antiquars Shaun Bythell atmet jede Seite die besondere Atmosphäre der südwestschottischen Bücherstadt Wigtown. Und von »The bookshop«, seines speziellen Inhabers und seinem knochentrockenem Humor.Another most amazing diary of a 2nd hand book seller in Wigtown, the booktown in the Southwest of Scotland. Hows life in a bookish town, with strange customers, employees and a tomcat named Captain.
Dem schottischen Buchhändler und Antiquar Shaun Bythell ist ein wunderbares Werk gelungen, in dem jede Seite die Liebe zum Buch und zu seinem oft so mühevollen Beruf atmet.English SummaryThe most amazing diary of a 2nd hand book seller in the small place of Wigtown (Galloway) in the Southwest of Scotland.
Eine Kriminalreportergeschichte aus der vordigitalen Zeit 1979. Als Homosexualität in Schottland verboten war und Maggi Thatcher Premierministerin wurde. A story of two crime reporters in the predigital aera. When homosexuality in Scotland was banned and Maggi Thatcher was elected Prime Minister
Wieder ein Krimi des Saab fahrenden Underdog-Polizisten, John Rebus. Wie ein Plot um eine Schießerei an einer schottischen Privatschule echtes Edinburgher Flair vermittelt. English Summary DI John Rebus, a police underdog driving a Saab, responsible to reconnoiter the shooting at a private school. Which adds perfectly to the dense Scottish and Edinburgh atmosphere of the plot.
Das Buch könnte auch »Auf den Spuren Sir Walter Scotts« heißen, so eng ist diese Reiseerzählung Fontanes mit Sir Walter verbunden. Aber das Buch ist mehr als eine Erzählung von einer Reise, woran die Aufmachung erheblichen Anteil hat. Woran liegt das ?
Ein aktueller Roman über das Aufwachsen des jungen Shuggie Bain in prekären Verhältnissen im Glasgow der achtziger Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts. Was macht dieses Buch so besonders, bringt den Leser in eine geradezu peinigende Nähe zu den Protgonisten?English Summary
A story on a Glaswegian youth, growing up with an alcohol addicted mother while Thatchers de-instrialization runs Glasgow even further down in the eighties. But what brings the books protagonists into a painful closeness to its readers?
Eine Geschichte aus dem Nordwesten Schottlands, den sturmumtosten Hebriden. Ein Amerikaner sucht seine Wurzeln, die irgendwo unter den vom »Laird« abhängigen »croftern«, also kleinen Bauern auf den schottischen Inseln liegen.English Summary Being of Scot origin, the author, John McPhee writes on spending a wonderful time on a small island in the western Hebrides. It’s a journey backwards to his ancestry, it is a beautiful expedition of discoveries to find out, where he came from.
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