Caroline's review
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
Caroline's review
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Caroline's review
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fiction,
read-in-2007
A very peculiar book, about two cousins who re-unite at an old castle in Germany after not having seen each other since childhood. Along with this, it's the story of an inmate in prison for shooting someone in the head. At first, the transitions seemed a little jarring, as well as the narration, but I found it pretty easy to get the swing of.
A lot of readers seemed put off by the vague narration style, and how at times you don't really know what happened or if things were just a dream. I'm a fan of more surrealist works, like Haruki Murakami, so I actually really liked this aspect of the book. It's one of those books that whether it happened or not doesn't really matter--what matters is the actions characters take because of what they thought happened.
I wasn't exactly sure how she planned on tying the two stories together, but in the end I really liked the result. Not a book for the more literal-minded crowd, but worth a shot if you can tolerate disjointed narration styl...more
A lot of readers seemed put off by the vague narration style, and how at times you don't really know what happened or if things were just a dream. I'm a fan of more surrealist works, like Haruki Murakami, so I actually really liked this aspect of the book. It's one of those books that whether it happened or not doesn't really matter--what matters is the actions characters take because of what they thought happened.
I wasn't exactly sure how she planned on tying the two stories together, but in the end I really liked the result. Not a book for the more literal-minded crowd, but worth a shot if you can tolerate disjointed narration styl...more
