Nach anfänglichen Startschwierigkeiten ist mir der Roman doch ans Herz gewachsen. Die Figuren waren in ihrer Skurrilität dennoch glaubhaft und (großteils) sympathisch. Es bedurfte einer Eingewöhnungsphase, der Schreibstil ist sprunghafter und die story wird dem Leser nicht in leicht ergründbaren Hap...
***spoiler alert***Anna, a house painter, lives with her ill son and her former poet, now alcoholic father barely making ends meet since her husband is mostly absent while away in the army. The story takes place during the Cold War in the 1970's and describes the dismal and bleak existence that Ann...
I read it some years ago, and remember that I enjoyed it. I have it as paperback on my real shelf.
This was the first serious book I have read in a while. The writing wasn't extravagant ..but I'm sure lots of its original flare was lost in the translation of German to English. The story was gripping .. but the end was terribly sad. I actually cried reading the last page. Crying because of a book ...
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