Fish Out of Water: The Perils of Abroad

Descrição
Literature dealing with ordinary people living or travelling in foreign countries who because of ignorance/wilfulness/chance get in over their heads and/or find themselves in danger.
1
A Passage to India
de E. M. Forster
12,424 membros
142 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
thorold, aulsmith, Dilara86
2
Where Angels Fear to Tread
de E. M. Forster
3,120 membros
51 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
3
The Berlin Stories
de Christopher Isherwood
2,176 membros
41 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
Explicações
thorold: Naïve young Englishman in Berlin notices a lot of men in brown uniforms marching around
4
Metropole
de Ferenc Karinthy
433 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Dilara86, bluepiano
5
The Age of Flowers (Pushkin Modern Edition)
de Umberto Pasti
28 membros
1 resenha
4.8
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Deeply impressive book about expatriates in unspecified African country written by an ex-pat who lives in Africa.
6
Scoop
de Evelyn Waugh
3,813 membros
83 resenhas
3.8
Member
thorold
Explicações
thorold: Hapless nature correspondent mistakenly sent to Africa
7
Up Above the World
de Paul Bowles
392 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: The Sheltering Sky is a more obvious choice but I don't know of any book with an ominous atmosphere equal to that in Up Above the World.
8
Gaudí Afternoon
de Barbara Wilson
200 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith: Americans in Barcelona
9
The Fascination of Evil
de Florian Zeller
121 membros
4 resenhas
3
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Ugly Americans don't always come from America.
10
Heart of Darkness
de Joseph Conrad
23,570 membros
387 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
11
The Portrait of a Lady
de Henry James
10,812 membros
125 resenhas
3.9
Member
thorold
12
The Hidden Force
de Louis Couperus
571 membros
12 resenhas
3.9
Member
bluepiano
13
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
de David Mitchell
5,907 membros
314 resenhas
4.1
Member
aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith: Young Dutch man in Nagasaki during Japan's closed period.
14
Hecate and Her Dogs
de Paul Morand
54 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
15
Le poisson-scorpion
de Nicolas Bouvier
137 membros
5 resenhas
3.8
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Bouvier was a notable travel writer; this is his only novel. After many months abroad a traveller falls ill in Sri Lanka & is torn asunder by feverish hallucinations and delusions.
16
The Third Party
de Glenn Patterson
10 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: European salaryman visits Japan. Comeuppance, not cherry blossoms.
17
The Backpacker's Father
de Gunnar Kopperud
13 membros
½ 2.5
Member
bluepiano
Explicações
bluepiano: Disappearance, corruption, natural disaster. Lord knows one wouldn't find those at home.
18
Belonging
de Ron Butlin
18 membros
2 resenhas
½ 2.5
Member
bluepiano
19
Birdbrain
de Johanna Sinisalo
133 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
bluepiano
20
The Snake Tree
de Uwe Timm
54 membros
3.8
Member
bluepiano
21
Doctor Slaughter
de Paul Theroux
110 membros
4 resenhas
2.9
Member
bluepiano
22
The Tattooed Map
de Barbara Hodgson
443 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano