Tag Archives: Piergiorgio Nicolazzini

International Bestsellers: Get Ready for the Messe

In some ways Frankfurt is a lot like Disneyland. Both are associated with lots of hype, lots of people and the belief that on going there all your dreams may very well come true. Perpetuating these hopes for the book crowd are “fair-y” tales like the story of Saša Stanišić, nominee for the 2006 German…Continue Reading

International Bestsellers: The Addams Family Meets Sister Act

As a member of the first internet-savvy generation, the Brazilian Daniel Galera (who was born 1979) naturally looked to the web when he first started writing stories ten years ago. He wrote for and edited literary websites before switching to paper and co-founding Livros do Mal (Evil Books), a publishing project responsible for bringing some…Continue Reading

International Bestsellers: Risky Business

Copyright Conundrums in Iran, Swedish Suburbs & Chilean Death Publishing in Iran is a tough business. Just last year, Publishing Trends reported on the international stir caused by the Iranian government’s banning of Coelho‘s THE ZAHIR (PT June 2005). Eventually, the ban was lifted and Coelho turned up on Iranian bookshelves all over the country….Continue Reading

International Bestsellers: A Jacques of All Trades

Jealousy, Hope, Love, Frustration, Pinochet & the PLO Craftsman, plumber, brick-layer, ironware merchant, script writer, filmmaker, and now novelist, Nan Aurousseau has hewed his vast trove of on-the-job tales into a thrilling novel called Overalls. Like so many beleaguered artists, the adroit Frenchman wrote the autobiographical bestseller (not a memoir, mind you) while down and…Continue Reading