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This book was not more than OK.
The basic problem for me was that the central character, an author in Christiania (Oslo), Norway, just didn't convince me he was really hungry. I guess he was, because his hair was falling out in clumps. At the same time he had such pride and this stopped him from accepting any help offered him. If you are really starving do you refuse food? One thing is clear. He was ether hallucinating, due to a lack of food, or he was quite simply crazy. I couldn't figure out wh ...more
The basic problem for me was that the central character, an author in Christiania (Oslo), Norway, just didn't convince me he was really hungry. I guess he was, because his hair was falling out in clumps. At the same time he had such pride and this stopped him from accepting any help offered him. If you are really starving do you refuse food? One thing is clear. He was ether hallucinating, due to a lack of food, or he was quite simply crazy. I couldn't figure out wh ...more
Nothing about this book worked for me. It is told my a narrator that I detested. It is written in a stream of consciousness style with very little punctuation, and so far the only books written in that style that I liked were all written by Faulkner. If the character is not one I like I need a good plot, and unfortunately the plot is non-existent.
The book is about hunger and it left me hungry -- for a book I would enjoy.
The book is about hunger and it left me hungry -- for a book I would enjoy.
Magnificent writer plus very provocative and depressing theme equals a small gem of a book.
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