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H. G. Adler (1910–1988)

Auteur van The Journey

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Gangbare naam
Adler, H. G.
Officiële naam
Adler, Hans Günther
Geboortedatum
1910-07-02
Overlijdensdatum
1988-08-21
Graflocatie
London, England, UK
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Czechoslovakia
Geboorteplaats
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Opleiding
Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, Prag
Beroepen
freelance writer
teacher
novelist
poet

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Erste Ausgabe war von 1962
 
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betty_s | Sep 27, 2023 |
Originally written in 1950 but not published in Germany until 1962. Translated and published in English in 2008.

Well, I couldn't make out heads or tails about what the author was trying to portray. It's one thing when it's a book of big words that require you to pause and look up their meanings for better understanding, but it's a whole different ballgame when the author's writing is nothing but riddles, talking in circles and full of repetitive sentences with underlying meanings. Forget the fact that I couldn't even decide who was talking or what exactly they were doing.

I really wanted to try and appreciate this guys writing because of his experience and survival through the holocaust, but the structure of the novel was all over the place. Still, I did give it my very best shot and read through page 100 and would have finished regardless, if only I understood even a little bit.

Although a novel, Adler's real life is supposedly portrayed in the character of Paul Lustig, the only surviving member of his family.
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MissysBookshelf | 3 andere besprekingen | Aug 27, 2023 |
This was a difficult story - long, complicated, increasingly sad and brutal as it progressed - but well worth the effort. We join the protagonist on his journey through life from a small child to a war-scarred adult who has managed to survive. A tough read but wonderful story.
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rosiezbanks | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 23, 2023 |
The Journey is a poetic nightmare about a family's ordeal and the survival of one member. The Lustig family, led by patriarch Leopold, is "forbidden" to live, surviving in a society where "everyone was mad, and once they finally grasped what was going on, it was too late." It portrays the unfathomable in a way that is both intriguing and enlightening to the modern reader, similar to the work of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf.
 
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jwhenderson | 3 andere besprekingen | Feb 25, 2022 |

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Werken
16
Ook door
2
Leden
316
Populariteit
#74,771
Waardering
3.9
Besprekingen
7
ISBNs
38
Talen
5
Favoriet
1

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