Das grüne Akkordeon
by:
Annie Proulx (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783442734238 (3442734231)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: btb
Pages no: 672
Edition language: Deutsch
It's rare that I give up on a book, especially when someone has personally recommended it to me, but I cannot stand this book. There is no rhythm or flow. Just when you think the writer has hit her stride and things are finally going to move along, she slams the door of boredom in your face. This...
Let me start by saying that Accordion Crimes, by E. Annie Proulx (1996), is beautifully written. The exquisite level of detail, the masterful evocation of time and place with only a few strokes of the authorial brush, the perfect balance between dialect and standard English in the voices of the char...