I don’t do comfort reading, but have (re)-read The Cancer Ward, The Sorrow of Belgium, and Agota Kristof’s trilogy recently. I’ve just finished Pat Barker’sThe women of Troy which got rave reviews but I found the language very poor and the voice not credible.
This is a great list, including the completely-unknown-to-me readers’ list. I’ve forwarded it on.
I don’t do comfort reading, but have (re)-read The Cancer Ward, The Sorrow of Belgium, and Agota Kristof’s trilogy recently. I’ve just finished Pat Barker’sThe women of Troy which got rave reviews but I found the language very poor and the voice not credible.
Do you have anything against non-English language literature? I’m amazed at the Anglo centricism of your list!