Iron Gustav: A Berlin Family Chronicle

6 best books like Iron Gustav: A Berlin Family Chronicle (Hans Fallada): The Tin Drum, Too Much Happiness, Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975, Les amantes, White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas

The Tin Drum

Author	Günter Grass
ISBN	0099483505

I had an intense reaction to this book. I friggin hated it. Or, rather, I loved to hate it, while I was reading it. It was an assignment in a Postmodern Lit. class, and everyone in the class liked the protagonist but me. I thought he was awful. I couldn't believe they enjoyed him, much less admitted to enjoying...

Too Much Happiness

Author	Alice Munro
ISBN	0307269760

In these ten stories, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired...

Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest

Author	Bear Grylls
ISBN	0333903226

"No Western climber or even any Sherpas had been this high, so far this year. We were treading on virgin territory on the ever-changing surface of the glacier. The excitement welled up, and I felt strong. Here I was with those I knew so well, alone and isolated in the rawness and wonder of nature; and it made...

Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

Author	Max Hastings
ISBN	0062405667

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.

Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one...

Les amantes

Author

Elfriede Jelinek

Quel est le destin d’une ouvrière, ou plutôt comment échapper à son destin quand on est ouvrière ? Le plus simple : le mariage. Encore faut-il choisir avec circonspection son futur époux et se garder des séductions du sexe. L’amante doit apprendre à gérer son corps jeune et attrayant,...

White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas

Author	Robert Twigger
ISBN	1681775352

Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination.  These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus, shamans and animists, to name only a few, are a place of pilgrimage and dreams, revelation...