A brutal, courageously defiant drama dealing with injustice and the ultimate destruction of the world. Nobody out there in the literary universe like Jens Bjørneboe. Certainly a treasure. The book is also loaded with letters, essays, and critical analysis of, and about, Jens Bjørneboe.
bookshelves: spring-2014, published-1966, norway, under-500-ratings, summer-2014, picaresque, noir, author-in-the-mirror, germany, jewish, nazi-related, wwii Recommended for: Don Read from May 02 to August 21, 2014 Cover image: Frans Wideberg: Selvportrett (1976) 91.5 x 76 cms oil on canvas. Pro...
Without a Stitch is not a frivolous book though the focus is primarily on the main character’s sexual awakening and her adventures that followed. The novel also makes its point to center on sexual prejudices by use of many examples of perversion (not all sexual) and a bit of good old derring-do. W...
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/82884140529/the-silence-by-jens-bj-rneboeThe silence referred to, it is important to note, is the calm before the storm. For example, the eery quiet just before a hurricane. And this silence exists it seems for the somber hope present in the moments before a revolution...
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/73349279828/moment-of-freedom-by-jens-bj-rneboeFirst, this title came highly recommended. And the novel for me began with a bang but then quickly fizzled into something unexpected, like a personal fact-filled and chronological childhood memoir of sorts. Because of this...
I'm not a great fan of books dealing with criminals who you are supposed to feel sorry for because they had no choice, it wasn't their fault they ended up like that. The protagonist in this book is obsessed by the idea of who is responsible for his life ending up the way it did, and even though I di...
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