'Euregio' is the really sad, cringe-inducing name they chose for a:
Still, the whole beyond-borders idea is a good one, and I am impressed by this student-prize they have there. They have students select a best book from six titles -- two each Dutch, French, and German (see this year's titles) -- a pretty awesome way of getting younger readers involved with foreign (but not too foreign) literature.
This year the prize went to The Dinner-author Herman Koch's Summer House with Swimming Pool -- conveniently due out in the US next week (and in the UK in a month); pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. (I haven't seen it yet, but I do hope to.)
a section of the Dutch-German border area covering parts of the Dutch provinces Gelderland, Overijssel, and Drenthe as well as parts of the German federal states Nordrhein-Westfalen and Niedersachsen(That doesn't make it any better, does it ?)
Still, the whole beyond-borders idea is a good one, and I am impressed by this student-prize they have there. They have students select a best book from six titles -- two each Dutch, French, and German (see this year's titles) -- a pretty awesome way of getting younger readers involved with foreign (but not too foreign) literature.
This year the prize went to The Dinner-author Herman Koch's Summer House with Swimming Pool -- conveniently due out in the US next week (and in the UK in a month); pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. (I haven't seen it yet, but I do hope to.)