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giorgia_porge 's review for:
The Confusions of Young Törless
by Robert Musil
This book is hard to review and even more to rate. Cruelty and violence seem almost justified by the author as they are intertwined with the inner process of growth that the protagonist is going through. Which makes me uncomfortable.
I do believe that Musil has done an incredible work in terms of introspection. I don't believe he should have altered the reality of his own experience to tone down the torturous bits but still feel that I've been immersed into the inner world of someone with thoughts and feelings dangerously relatable (especially as someone still very close to adolescence) and beautifully put into words but also translated into unbelievably loathing actions.
Did he want me to feel nauseous and horrified? I'm not sure. I did, most of the time but at times I wasn't and still have to figure out why. Am I to a degree desensitized to violence? Is it how it's written? Is it because is not graphic enough to shock me?
I do believe that Musil has done an incredible work in terms of introspection. I don't believe he should have altered the reality of his own experience to tone down the torturous bits but still feel that I've been immersed into the inner world of someone with thoughts and feelings dangerously relatable (especially as someone still very close to adolescence) and beautifully put into words but also translated into unbelievably loathing actions.
Did he want me to feel nauseous and horrified? I'm not sure. I did, most of the time but at times I wasn't and still have to figure out why. Am I to a degree desensitized to violence? Is it how it's written? Is it because is not graphic enough to shock me?