by Herta Müller, Michael Hofmann
Yes, of course poetic prose can be beyond annoying and pretentious. But when it works, it works. The Land of Green Plums is dense, blurry, harsh, emotional, intimate and very poetic. It's also effortless, which makes the reading experience even more exciting and disturbing, as I suspect was the writ...
I'm guessing this is not for everyone. Very peculiar, but it does set a certain mood.
meh...
Harrowing in a quiet, implacable way.
Reviewing this book is all but an easy task. I devoured these green plums and am still hungry after that although they were far from being tasty and what they left is bellyache, malaise and discomfort. And yet, I think that there is no better antidote than swallowing the unripe venom into these gree...
When we don't speak, said Edgar, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves.Not for me, this one. Next!
this is a confusing, lyrical, visual, beautiful jumble. it's nonlinear and confusing on purpose, as it's describing life under a dictator's regime, and how so much doesn't make sense in that world. i'm sure that if i didn't know what this book was about before i started, i'd still not know. i lik...
I’d not intended to read this book. When Herta Müller won the Nobel Prize for literature last year, I shrugged and went on with my life. My mother picked this up, found it dull, and passed it on to me without much encouragement.This book was strong on neither plot nor character and yet it was a marv...
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