tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post1788266852580020032..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: World Cup of Fiction: June 18 MatchesLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-25900055301951563432010-06-19T20:14:27.178-05:002010-06-19T20:14:27.178-05:00Hmm... are you not including Hesse as a German?Hmm... are you not including Hesse as a German?Myshkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-11854280892203414932010-06-18T08:31:42.380-05:002010-06-18T08:31:42.380-05:00Oh, and Slovenia has 2 World Cup appearances. Anot...Oh, and Slovenia has 2 World Cup appearances. Another one in 2002. I should remember that one since they eliminated Romania in a play-off game :DMihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-60218821844835426322010-06-18T07:43:43.056-05:002010-06-18T07:43:43.056-05:00José Saramago died today, at the age of 87. RIP :(...José Saramago died today, at the age of 87. RIP :(Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092095956981708690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-88143816359357556392010-06-18T06:38:47.936-05:002010-06-18T06:38:47.936-05:00And there are also Assia Djebar, Rachid Boudjedra ...And there are also Assia Djebar, Rachid Boudjedra and Kateb Yacine.marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-41702569277066303122010-06-18T04:30:16.019-05:002010-06-18T04:30:16.019-05:00For Algeria I'll bring a couple of players int...For Algeria I'll bring a couple of players into the field, although I have to say I didn't read any of them. I only found some of their works that were translated into Romanian on the publisher's catalogues. But this I think it is a good reason to look over their works and read them :D<br />Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès is born in Algeria, but moved to France. We have here a novel that is basically an adventure one, although there are deeper meanings within it I understand. "There Where the Tigers are at Home" is set in the Nordeste region of Brazil (Roblès taught French in Brazil) and its title is inspired by a Goethe quote. It is associated with the works of Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino and Borges. Le Figaro Litteraire (quoted on the cover) even says: "Imagined Umberto Eco played by Indiana Jones".<br />Yasmina Khadra is the pseudonym of Mohammed Moulessehoul. It has a trilogy translated in 25 languages about the conflict between West and East. One is set in Afghanistan, one in Israel and one in Iraq. It seems that one of them, the one set in Israel, will be made into a movie in the US.<br />Maybe these two will bring some contribution in the Algerian defence, but I don't see them stop England from winning ;DMihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.com