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272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590175903
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Publication date: 07 December 2011
Description
The post-office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives add...
Community Reviews Summary of 500 reviews
Moods
sad 60%
emotional 56%
reflective 56%
tense 34%
challenging 17%
adventurous 13%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 4%
funny 2%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 20%
fast 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 30% | No: 25% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 11% | Yes: 11%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 65% | No: 17% | It's complicated: 17%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Suicidal thoughts
272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590175903
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Publication date: 07 December 2011
Description
The post-office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives add...
Community Reviews Summary of 500 reviews
Moods
sad 60%
emotional 56%
reflective 56%
tense 34%
challenging 17%
adventurous 13%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 4%
funny 2%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 20%
fast 17%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 30% | No: 25% | N/A: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 58% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 11% | Yes: 11%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 65% | No: 17% | It's complicated: 17%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Suicidal thoughts