Die Auserwählte
ISBN:
9783442435272 (3442435277)
Publish date: 1997
Publisher: Goldmann
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Religion,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Modern,
Dark,
Scotland,
Cults
Reading this as a straightforward adventure (instead of a satire, which was suggested on the back cover but always makes me think I should be hearing sarcasm in the entire text) helped me to enjoy this book once I got past the first few chapters. I liked the main character, Isis, in all her stubborn...
Maybe a 4-star. I'm still digesting.Review to come.The review has arrived:If we could give stars to individual characters, I’d give Isis, the narrator of Iain Banks’ novel, five, which is why I’m revising my initial rating of the book as a whole to four stars.The novel begins in the religious commun...
I'm a sucker for fictional religions, and Banks is brilliant at inventing them. Luskentyrianism is his best effort yet. If the thing you liked most in Cat's Cradle was Bokononism, you may well enjoy this book too. The charming young heroine, Isis, is the Elect of God, and terribly matter-of-fact abo...
I'm trying to catch up on Banks--I had four novels of his on my to-be-read shelf, and thought it time to get to them. I do not know why I was procrastinating, for Banks is one of my favorite authors.The general consensus about this book from the usual sources was that it was one of Banks' minor work...
20 years ago
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