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- Data di uscita: 28-03-2017
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With "Sonnenallee", Thomas Brussig tried to take a new approach to telling a story set in the GDR: His intention was not to explain the last German dictatorship, but to humourously reflect what it felt like to be a teenager who lives under these circumstances in East Berlin ("Sonnenallee" is an actu Leggi tutto
81st book of 2023. Admittedly I took this out of a box with pure interest solely because of the words on the front, 'Translated by Jonathan Franzen', but I'm glad I did. The Short End of the Sonnenallee was originally published in German in the 1990s, but with this new translation, it's here in Engl Leggi tutto
2,5 I fear I don't have the same sense of humour as this author, which is problematic given it is a comic novel... The little window into life in the GDR was interesting, but there were also elements that felt so dated it wasn't really fun.
(schullektüre) Wahrscheinlich sollte das Buch einen authentischen Einblick in das Leben von Jugendlichen in der DDR geben. Es wirkt aber mehr wie eine zusammenhanglose Aneinanderreihung von seltsamen Szenen, die ganz sicher nicht authentisch sind. Nebenbei zeigt dieses Buch auch, dass man anscheinend Leggi tutto
Ein nett - witziger Blick auf das Leben Jugendlicher "hinter" der Mauer. Das Buch hat sicher nicht den Anspruch als Zeitzeugnis zu dienen und manches ist recht überspitzt - aber es ist eine nette Geschichte über Liebe, Träume und Enttäuschungen. Die Zeit ist mir vertraut, ich bin auch in der DDR erwa Leggi tutto
Franzen made me do it… Casual homophobia aside, this is a bittersweet little tale, that pokes fun at the absurdity of oppression by the GDR in East Berlin. And it’s kind of glorious just for that.
Die Albernheit einer ununterbrochenen Skurrilitätenkette mag im richtigen Lesemoment wärmen, den Mangel an jedem Erzählversuch und den insgesamt dominierenden Blödsinn rechtfertigt es nicht. 3 Punkte
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