A review by caerrie
Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Is this the definitive book on life in the former gdr after 1990? It might be. Time is weird in this village, it stands still and pulls backwards and has left the village behind. The story is so trippy and so real and so out there and so down to earth. The people are so weird and yet they make so much sense, and everyone is bored and proud and wistful and indifferent and I want to give this book to everyone I know. Fantastic.