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Mounir
Sep 07, 2019 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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Rachel
Aug 26, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2009
My favorite excerpt: "He offered something to that repulsive woman, but she didn't accept it. Now he has to live with the charge that he did not discharge. The load isn't all that heavy, but its consequences will prove devastating to animal life" (251). And then he tries to rip the heads off of exotic birds. This one is painful, folks; it reads like a heart attack. Prepare yourselves for over-bearing mothers, annihilated dreams, awkward conversations, and abuse galore! Read it! Or don't! I still ...more
owl
Aug 31, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owl, gift
Uhh...Nyastra banget, mpe baca dua kali. T_T


Hihihi..lucu ajah mendapati Herr Klemer ternyata mahasiswa tehnik elektro (XD). Masih agak bingung juga menangkap perasaan sesungguhnya Walter Klemer terhadap guru pianonya, Erika Kohut. Penulis menggambarkan kalo Klemer jatuh cinta dan tergila-gila sama Miss Kohut, tapi disisi lain ada ungkapan kalau Klemer hanya ingin mendapatkan kesenangan dari pengalaman.

Jadi agak penasaran juga sebenarnya sama Herr Klemer. Gimana perasaan dia terhadap Erika yang u
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Kecia
Feb 22, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This is seriously disturbing, extreme, violent stuff. All three characters are really messed up people. Mother is a controling stage mother with NPD. Erika deals with Mother by debasing and mutilating herself. Walter puts on a front of being a womanizer because he harbors a violent hatred of women.

The violence in this book is extreme. Stay away from it if you have any doubts about reading this kind of stuff.
Deodand
Feb 13, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: europe, fiction
Can I really "enjoy" a book with this type of subject matter? I certainly wanted to keep reading and find out what happened....I'll say it's compelling, how about that? If your stomach is turned by almost-American Psycho-level descriptions of brutality, then don't even crack the cover.

Setting aside the graphic, violent subject matter, the book is beautifully written and flows at a concerto pace. It contains what I consider to be the best explanation for self-harm, magnified for fiction's sake. I
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Angela
Oct 05, 2008 rated it really liked it
I read it two years ago (I can*t remember exactly) but I know that I had a very strange feeling finishing it...It is absolutely shocking, strange, creepy (in somehow...)..I can*t even find the words. That woman lives between two terrifying forces (her mother - to whome she has a wired connection - pathologic even - and her young student - whose love dominates her). She must clarify her mind...in order not to go crazy...but...You should follow her through this tragic (after all!) story...
Anna
May 10, 2008 rated it it was ok
This was very weird and I didn't like it. I don't know why Elfriede Jelinek got Nobel Prize. Can someone explain it to me? ...more
Rebecca
I was kinda resentful of its equation of music with mummification.

*scowls*
Mark
Jul 27, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Nina
Aug 23, 2007 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Padma
Sep 11, 2007 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Jocelyn
Jan 06, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, 1001
Virginia
Jan 20, 2008 marked it as 1001-books-to-go
akaellen
Jul 23, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: boxall-1001
K.
Jan 24, 2009 marked it as to-read
SarahC
Apr 25, 2009 marked it as to-read
Amber
Jul 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 1001-books
valpal
May 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Chas
Aug 28, 2011 marked it as to-read
1morechapter
May 21, 2012 added it
Shelves: nobel, 1001
Vineet
Sep 27, 2014 rated it liked it
Rachel
Feb 11, 2015 marked it as hiatus
Jamie
Sep 21, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Nov 18, 2023 marked it as to-read
Cheryl
Jan 01, 2024 marked it as to-read
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