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littlestbookstore 's review for:
Die Klavierspielerin
by Elfriede Jelinek
I really don’t know how to rate this. Today it feels like a five star book, tomorrow it might be two. One thing is for sure: it’s a powerful book about repression, sex, control, and individualism.
The act of reading it is an experience: dark, disturbing, intense, and unsettling. I’m still reeling a little from the experience of it and whether or not I enjoyed it is almost beside the point, because I can wholeheartedly acknowledge that it’s an amazingly provocative book.
Part of me wants to read the English translation to see how it differs. The German text is super interesting in that the rhythms sound like a dark funeral hymn (which seems entirely appropriate).
The act of reading it is an experience: dark, disturbing, intense, and unsettling. I’m still reeling a little from the experience of it and whether or not I enjoyed it is almost beside the point, because I can wholeheartedly acknowledge that it’s an amazingly provocative book.
Part of me wants to read the English translation to see how it differs. The German text is super interesting in that the rhythms sound like a dark funeral hymn (which seems entirely appropriate).