A review by naiakiss
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

This book is so painful and heartbreaking and beautiful. The age difference in their relationship serves as a vessel for the exploration of one generation handing their best attempts at building a society of ideals to the next. It’s as much about love and loss as it is about the memory of war and the insidious and enforced divisions plastered over once the chips have fallen. 


“Americans and Russians are each other’s spitting image. Also in their devotion to kitsch.”
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