128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811225991
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Fleur Jaeggy is often noted for her terse and telegraphic style, which brews up a haunting paradox: despite a zero-at-the-bone baseline, her fiction is intensely moving. As April Bernard commented in Newsday, how work “could be so chilly and so pa...
Community Reviews Summary of 85 reviews
Moods
mysterious 54%
reflective 45%
challenging 36%
tense 18%
emotional 9%
sad 9%
Pace
slow 20%
fast 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 33% | N/A: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | N/A: 20%Loveable characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 40%Average rating
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128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811225991
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Fleur Jaeggy is often noted for her terse and telegraphic style, which brews up a haunting paradox: despite a zero-at-the-bone baseline, her fiction is intensely moving. As April Bernard commented in Newsday, how work “could be so chilly and so pa...
Community Reviews Summary of 85 reviews
Moods
mysterious 54%
reflective 45%
challenging 36%
tense 18%
emotional 9%
sad 9%
Pace
slow 20%
fast 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 33% | N/A: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 40% | No: 40% | N/A: 20%Loveable characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 40%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.