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Bezig met laden... The Empire of the Senses: A Noveldoor Alexis Landau
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I really liked this book and it is probably one of my favourite reads this year. It covers a long period of time and suffers the same problem as many similar books in that this time is not spread out in a balanced manner. However, it was a new and interesting take on WWI, Weimar Germany and its aftermath. ( ) To call this a love story would be trite. The Empire of the Senses is a fantastic character-driven first novel by Alexis Landau. This book is about interactions and how the Pearlmutter family collides with their Jewish roots and each other during and after WWI. It's a refreshing break from the endless number of historical fiction novels written about Jews during WWII. This is about the lead up, and how ethnicity affects interpersonal relationships. The only thing stopping me from giving this book 5 stars is that the plot is lacking in some places - particularly when it comes to Franz and his homosexuality. Other than that, it's an excellent novel and Landau expertly shifts between the motivations of each character without jarring the reader. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A sweeping, gorgeously written debut novel of duty to family and country, passion, and blood ties unraveling in the charged political climate of Berlin between the wars."Empire of the Senses is lush, smart, sexy, affecting, interesting, beautifully researched and well made. Spending time in the world of this novel is an absolute pleasure." --Aimee BenderLev Perlmutter, an assimilated, cultured German Jew, enlists to fight in World War I, leaving behind his gentile wife Josephine and their children, Franz and Vicki. Moving between Lev's and Josephine's viewpoints, Part I of the novel focuses on Lev's experiences on the Eastern Front--both in war and in love--which render his life at home a pale aftermath by comparison. Part II picks up in Berlin in 1927-1928: the Perlmutter children, now young adults, grapple with their own questions--Franz, drawn into the brown shirt movement, struggling with his unexpressed homosexuality; Vicki, seduced by jazz, bobbed hair, and falling in love with a young man who wants to take her to Palestine.Unlike most historical novels of this kind, The Empire of the Senses is not about the Holocaust but rather about the brew that led to it, and about why it was unimaginable to ordinary people like Lev and his wife. Plotted with meticulous precision and populated by characters who feel and dream to the fullest, it holds us rapt as the tides of cultural loss and ethnic hatred come to coexist with those of love, passion, and the power of the human spirit. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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