Transit by Anna Seghers

Transit

Anna Seghers with Stuart Evers, Margot Bettauer Dembo

288 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics informative reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Anna Seghers’s Transit is an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight.      Having escaped from a Nazi conce...

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Community Reviews Summary of 259 reviews

Moods

reflective 66%
challenging 48%
sad 45%
emotional 39%
tense 33%
informative 27%
dark 24%
adventurous 18%
hopeful 15%
mysterious 12%
funny 9%
inspiring 6%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 41%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 43% | Character: 36% | Plot: 16% | N/A: 3%

Strong character development?

Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 29% | No: 29%

Loveable characters?

No: 42% | It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 19%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 32% | No: 12% | N/A: 4%

Average rating

3.57

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