by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky
This beautifully haunting tale looks at the era before, during and after WWII from a completely different angle - that of a plot of land in Germany. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/02/20/a-plot-on-a-plot-of-land/
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, germany, paper-read, published-2008, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, autumn-2011, architecture, gardening, poetry Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Themis-Athena (Does not and never will own a Kindle) Recommended for: Overbylass, Esther, Michael Read from November 24 to...
I wanted to like this book, but it just didn't do it for me. I felt like I was just swimming through a tangle of words, trying to figure out what was going on. This felt like writing for writing's sake, like showing off you know about words, rather than to properly tell an interesting story.
3.5, almost four. Beautiful translation.
2.5 stars. The structure of this book is interesting but I frequently lost interest.
This is a beautifully written book about a piece of land and the house that comes to sit on it, and the house's inhabitants over many years. The writing (translation) is gorgeous. You can smell the woods, the meadows and the lake. You get an intimate if fleeting glimpse into people's lives and how t...
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/53357092386/visitation-by-jenny-erpenbeckIn my adult lifetime I have lived in, while remodeling, four different houses. I no longer own any of these homes nor do I have any access to them other than the casual drive-by. But my sweat and brains remain a part of each of t...
Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky. Opening - Approximately twenty-four thousand years ago, a glacier advanced until it reached a large outcropping of rock that in now nothing more than a gentle hill above where the house stands.Re the Gardener and the pencil - find this astounding as thi...
Have to ponder this one for a while. . .b
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