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I'm always troubled when reviewing books that were written in another language, partly because you know something is lost in the translation, but you can also tell that something is lost in the cultural translation. This book had layers upon layers of nuance and depth, but like the lake holding the body of the dead girl, I had a hard time getting the meaning out.
Jelinek takes the familiar story that could have been cribbed from any B movie where the cop is a killer and uses it to discourse on A ...more
Jelinek takes the familiar story that could have been cribbed from any B movie where the cop is a killer and uses it to discourse on A ...more
