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Tok
May 17, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
4.5- เป็นการพล่ามแถที่อ่านเพลินในความอัดอั้นคับข้องใจของฮัญจา ไม่ว่าจะด้วยสำนวนผู้เขียนหรือผู้แปลที่เลือกใช้สรรพนามที่เหมาะสม อ่านแล้วรู้สึกคับแค้นตามตัวละครเอก มันเป็นความเปลี่ยวดายที่ต้องทำงานนี้มาตลอด 35 ปี และกึกก้องจนต้องพล่ามออกมาด้วยอารมณ์รุนแรง สภาพสังคมกับเครื่องตัวนั้นก็ทำให้นึกถึงภาพของหนังไซไฟยุคเก่าซักเรื่องซะจริงๆ
Karen
Jun 26, 2020 rated it really liked it
This was a difficult book to rate. It's a story of a man in Prague whose job it is to destroy books, art, ephemera, and yet because he can pick out a book from the pile and read it (which often gets him into trouble), he obtains an education. I love any book that celebrates books and reading. ...more
Julie Griffin
A rather stream of consciousness dream from a man who rescues books from trash, ruminates about that wars and phantom gypsies, and his place in the world. The language is beautiful. This is usually not my kind of story and the language is what kept me interested. The translation by Michael Henry Heim is gorgeous.
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May 26, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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