

It’s because german publishers aren’t allowed to use the same ink and thin paper or something. But be aware that there are twice as many books in German, because they split each book up. You can also try looking the different editions in different languages on local websites, with the help of a native speaker (again, tumblr is a big help here). Also, in case of ASOIAF, maybe try joining forums (or Facebook groups, there are tons of them and the biggest one has several tens of thousands members) and talk to the people there. Try using Tumblr as a platform, this is the place where there are so many people from different countries and I’m sure you’ll be able to strike a deal with them. Kerstin Gier, Cornelia Funke, Kai Meyer - all right, those are German but you get what I mean). The problem is that Austrian (and German as well) YA authors tend to set their novels in anglophone countries (e.

I’d totally be interested! The only problem is that I don’t really know books set in Austria, only a thriller series. Would you be interested in something like that? Please let me know! And Idk, but I just liked the idea of this. Of course there would be discussions around the books read, how they show a country, you can write reviews, make fanart,…. And because it’s a challenge there would be something smol (I’m poor sorry) up for grabs for the person who “visited” the most countries. For that, every participant also has to tell me 1 or 2 books set in their country so I can make a masterpost of all the countries with all the books. I haven’t thought about anything too specific, but I want it to last over a couple of month where every participant reads books set in different countries. Okay so I was just in the bathtub thinking about books when an idea hit me: Literary travelling the world.
