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adam_mcphee 's review for:
A House in Norway
by Vigdis Hjorth
1. It always struck me as strange how stereotypes about Polish people in North America are pretty benign, just hard to pronounce names and maybe a lovable oaf tag, whereas in Europe Poles get it pretty rough. Goes to show the inherent irrationality of ethnic stereotypes, I guess.
2. I've been complaining for a while now that despite economic hardship all around, we haven't yet produced a Jean Rhys/Patrick Hamilton boarding house novel for the airbnb/apartment polycule (ugh) generation. A House in Norway isn't it, but it still has a lot to offer in that direction: the forced, unwanted intimacy between tenant and landlord, and a close examination of it that somehow leads to something more universal, about how rich countries exploit poor ones and how despite our good intentions and our voting patterns, we're all coopted to look the other way.
3. I think Chairman Mao had the right idea about landlords.
2. I've been complaining for a while now that despite economic hardship all around, we haven't yet produced a Jean Rhys/Patrick Hamilton boarding house novel for the airbnb/apartment polycule (ugh) generation. A House in Norway isn't it, but it still has a lot to offer in that direction: the forced, unwanted intimacy between tenant and landlord, and a close examination of it that somehow leads to something more universal, about how rich countries exploit poor ones and how despite our good intentions and our voting patterns, we're all coopted to look the other way.
3. I think Chairman Mao had the right idea about landlords.