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Summer House with Swimming Pool
by Herman Koch
“You get a stain on your pants. Your favorite pair of pants. You wash them ten times in a row at 160 degrees. You scrub and scour and rub. You bring in the heavy artillery. Bleaches. Abrasive cleaners. But the spot doesn’t go away. If you scrub and scour too long, it will only be replaced by something else. By a stretch of fabric that is thinner and paler. The paler cloth is the memory. The memory of the spot. Now there are two things you can do. You can throw the pants away, or you can walk around for the rest of your life with the memory of the stain. But the paler cloth reminds you of more than just the stain. It also reminds you of when the pants were still clean.”
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In a twisted summertime book Herman Koch explores the brain of a doctor to the rich and famous who spends his vacation with his family at a famous actor’s summer house. The events that occur at the summer house have a far-reaching trajectory that cannot be easily surmised. Summer House with Swimming Pool was shocking and nasty and overall a good book, but somewhat difficult to read. I have read Herman Koch’s books before and loved them for the way he explores in such depth the intricacies of his protagonists mind. This insight was at times difficult to read and while I don’t believe it was necessarily representing the authors viewpoints, the objectification of women and disturbing thoughts of a doctor took me aback. Koch’s attention to detail is marvelous and ultimately lends to a greater understanding of the novel!
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In a twisted summertime book Herman Koch explores the brain of a doctor to the rich and famous who spends his vacation with his family at a famous actor’s summer house. The events that occur at the summer house have a far-reaching trajectory that cannot be easily surmised. Summer House with Swimming Pool was shocking and nasty and overall a good book, but somewhat difficult to read. I have read Herman Koch’s books before and loved them for the way he explores in such depth the intricacies of his protagonists mind. This insight was at times difficult to read and while I don’t believe it was necessarily representing the authors viewpoints, the objectification of women and disturbing thoughts of a doctor took me aback. Koch’s attention to detail is marvelous and ultimately lends to a greater understanding of the novel!