The Karnau Tapes by Marcel Beyer

The Karnau Tapes

Marcel Beyer with John Brownjohn (Translator)

256 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction historical informative reflective tense medium-paced

Description

World War II. The final days of the Third Reich. Hermann Karnau, a sound engineer, is obsessively compiling an archive of every conceivable nuance of human sound. Karnau's work so impresses Hitler's leading propagandist that he entrusts his five c...

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Moods

challenging 100%
dark 100%
tense 100%
reflective 66%
informative 33%
sad 33%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

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