• adONis@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    Oh, I’ve read “schachnovelle” from him, back in school, which brought me into chess 😅

    the sea is a very long book… I’m just half way through, although I’m not much of a reader.

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      5 months ago

      I want to read the schachnovelle at a later point! Looking forward to it.

      If you’re interested in the Mediterranean, I recommend Constantinople by Theophile Gautier. It’s about his visit to Istanbul in the 19. century. I think the print version is hard to come by in English, but the ebook is just a few cents.

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        5 months ago

        lol… who the fuck downvotes this comment? it’s just regular convo about books… people are really awkward.

        thx for that book recommendation. I love the turkish culture, and will put it on my list… after I’m done with the sea, the arabs and the balkans.