by Herman Koch
Als je een beetje rondneust in de reviews van dit boek, zie je vooral 3 sterren ratings.Deze 3 sterren ratings snap ik wel, na het lezen van hun reviews: ze vinden de karakters akelig, ze voelen er geen connectie mee, je kunt er geen sympathie voor opbrengen. Nou, dat is maar goed ook! Je moest je ...
"Happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn't have to be validated....But a world without disasters and violence--be it the violence of nature of that of muscle and blood--would be the truly unbearable thing." No, these don't actually flow into each other perfectly in the novel, but all of the te...
3.5
This is a very clever book. It is the stories of two couples, meeting for dinner in an exclusive restaurant. The couples, two brothers and their wives, are there to discuss something their sons have done and how to deal with it.It all starts of fairly easy going and relaxed. Paul, who tells the stor...