Borderliners
by:
Peter Høeg (author)
Barbara Haveland (translator)
Students in an elite private school in Copenhagen discover that the school is using them in an experiment to control children--an experiment that, almost inevitably, has tragic consequences. A disturbing new book from the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow.
Students in an elite private school in Copenhagen discover that the school is using them in an experiment to control children--an experiment that, almost inevitably, has tragic consequences. A disturbing new book from the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312427115 (0312427115)
ASIN: 312427115
Publish date: October 30th 2007
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 277
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
Scandinavian Literature,
Denmark,
Danish
I think Høeg is a very talented writer, but this book didn't quite come together for him. Parts of the book, especially when Peter was creeping around the school at night to save his friend August, were tense in a beautifully quiet way and I was moved. Other parts were very abstract discussions on t...
This book intrigues me.This book confuses me.(And I think that's okay.)
It's really weird and in the beginning it's hard to wrap your mind around what's going on and who the characters are and what they're doing here. I wouldn't have finished this book if it wasn't for an assignment.
We ascended towards the light, five floors up, and split up into thirteen rows facing the god who unlocks the gates of the morning.
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