Verontwaardiging
by:
Babet Mossel (author)
Philip Roth (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789023441687 (9023441680)
Publish date: August 20th 2009
Publisher: De Bezige Bij
Pages no: 254
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Jewish,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Americana
Series: Nemeses (#2)
This has some great moments but on the whole it feels a little forced, for lack of a better word. I feel like the whole "dead narrator" thing is unnecessary, though I'm not sure how I'd fix it. When I was on the bus that I read this on, I was having trouble putting my feelings into words, in part be...
I absolutely loved this book. It was a story of misguided self destruction told with pathos and humor and I couldn't put it down. The accidents of fate or choice, call it what you will, have devastating consequences. I read it in one sitting. Although the main character is older than I am, he recall...