Reviews - Upptäckten av currywursten

87 reviews for:

Upptäckten av currywursten

Uwe Timm

3.25 AVERAGE

sleekyfox's review against another edition

4.25

challenging funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mary_mcknight's review against another edition

4.5

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hawkia75's review against another edition

4.0

A wonderful novella with echoes of Greek myth, although told from Kalypso's point of view instead of Odysseus'. But that's only really a starting point. I'm used to reading about World War II from the Allied side, so it's another reversal to consider the war from the pov of ordinary Germans. Timm comes at it from all sides. If food is life, and war is death, he's continually circling around, while his protagonist, Lena Brucker, tries to steal some happiness and love out of the miserable chaos. I was reminded of Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun.
A bonus: it looks like there was a movie adaptation in Germany!

thingtwo's review against another edition

5.0

This novella snuck up on me. Uwe Timm writes a story about an old woman recalling a wartime relationship and how it lead to the invention of the German take-out dish curried sausage. This story sucked me in until I got to the point I couldn't put it down -- not even for a currywurst! Beautiful, poignant, and powerfully written, this story begs to be heard -- I may read it aloud next time.