I have to say these are just second best to what regional literature we have here in over 23 official languages and a couple of hundreds of other languages spoken across the country. Explore the planet and journey across the world to discover what makes it special in this fact-filled Pocket Eyewitness book for children aged 9-12.

I agree, for the purposes of this project Laos-American authors writing in English aren’t as interesting as authors writing in Lao, so it’s great to have a translation to consider.For Tanzania I could recommend a novel published by a foreigner who lived there for many years and got involved in top level football – and got a privileged look into the society and the culture in the process.

By a stroke of luck, I just happened to stumble across a blog that mentioned yours and I was so excited by the concept, I had to stop by! Good evening from Finland 🙂 of those listed in Finnish books I’d definitely recommend Paasilinna, as the book tells a lot about the Finnish way of thinking and acting. Yes, I am a Moldovan 🙂 I looked up the book that you listed – Moldavian Autumn, by my favorite author – Ion Drutsa!

I haven’t started reading yet – I’m sticking to the 2012 limit, so will only be able to turn the first page on 1 January. I was very interested by my North Korean book, My Life and Faith by Ri In Mo – a memoir by a North Korean patriot.

I wouldn’t read it so much as a historical novel but as a sample of contemporary mythopoeia, very poetic too. Hi – it’s a nice idea, but it wouldn’t be very fair to the poor authors whose copyright I’d be infringing. Perhaps in your literary travels you heard about some fantastic books which haven’t been translated but should be. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Many of the Lao authors I could find were Lao-American and writing in English, which doesn’t really count does it?

Invaluable supplementary material includes detailed indicator tables showing income and poverty, health and population etc, and list of international organizations, such as the EU and the African Union, with essential information about these groupings. I’ve been doing a similar challenge (without a “one year” time frame) and started compiling the books I read on one of my blog’s pages ( http://readingtoday. I am from Hungary, so I looked at your Hungarian choices with special curiosity, it was interesting to see, what would someone from an other country choose to read. He actually was born and lived in Greece until he was 9 or 10, at which time his mother sent him away to America to his father.

China Zhu Wen I Love Dollars / Jian Rong Wolf Totem / Ma Jian Stick Out Your Tongue; Red Dust/ Cao Xuequin Dream of the Red Chamber / Wu Cheng’en Journey to the West / Zhang Yueran / Chan Koonchung The Fat Years (trans. However, even in these cases, the crucial statistics - of country area, population, predominant language/s and capital - are listed, alongside the most famed objects, dishes or other cultural artefacts of the country.Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Oxford University Press has been publishing in some form since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. My favourite book is “Ako Chutí Moc” by Ladislav Mňačko, or “Taste of Power” it’s definitely been translated and published but it seems to be incredibly difficult getting a copy of the translation… I see you’ve also been recommended the Rivers of Babylon, which would be my second choice. That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. However, I’m quite keen to find an Indian book that Indian readers admire but which may not be very well known outside the country.