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Looks like I have Out Stealing Horses on my to-read shelf!
Terry wrote: "...'This short yet spacious and powerful book [reminds] us of the careful and apropos writing of J.M. Coetzee, W.G. Sebald and Uwe Timm'."Don't believe I would have thought of comparison with Coetzee and I don't know the work of the other two authors. Look forward to what the discussion will explore. It is a taut little book well worth re-visiting. (My last read was with a f2f group in 2009.)
This from the description of Sebald is certainly applicable:"His works are largely concerned with the themes of memory and loss of memory (both personal and collective) and decay (of civilizations, traditions or physical objects). They are, in particular, attempts to reconcile himself with, and deal in literary terms with, the trauma of the Second World War and its effect...."
Goodreads has little on Uwe Timm except his publications. His Wiki entry didn't particularly help me understand the NYT allusion.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Timm
Look forward to rereading this. It's like some tiny peppers - it packs a slow but powerful punch.
Should clarify - I was referring to Out Stealing Horses.
I have to try and find this in paperback. It sounds like the Kindle version will just not do.
21st Century Literature
Books mentioned in this topic
The Orphan Master's Son (other topics)The Orphan Master's Son (other topics)
Out Stealing Horses (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
J.M. Coetzee (other topics)W.G. Sebald (other topics)
Uwe Timm (other topics)
As a Pulitzer winner in 2013 and a well-reviewed and advertised book, it probably needs little introduction, but the Pulitzer panel called it 'an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart'.
The Moderator Pick is Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.
An IMPAC winner and Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner, the Guardian called it 'a minor masterpiece of death and delusion'. NYT said: 'This short yet spacious and powerful book [reminds] us of the careful and apropos writing of J. M. Coetzee, W. G. Sebald and Uwe Timm'.
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