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| You Should Have Left; by Daniel Kehlmann | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 15 2017, 02:12 AM (46 Views) | |
| Vanessa | Nov 15 2017, 02:12 AM Post #1 |
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![]() "It is fitting that I'm beginning a new notebook up here. New surroundings and new ideas, a new beginning. Fresh air." These are the opening lines of the journal kept by the narrator of Daniel Kehlmann's spellbinding new novel: the record of the seven days that he, his wife, and his four-year-old daughter spend in a house they have rented in the mountains of Germany—a house that thwarts the expectations of his recollection and seems to defy the very laws of physics. The narrator is eager to finish a screenplay, entitled Marriage, for a sequel to the movie that launched his career, but something he cannot explain is undermining his convictions and confidence, a process he is recording in this account of the uncanny events that unfold as he tries to understand what, exactly, is happening around him—and in himself. |
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| Vanessa | Dec 11 2017, 05:27 AM Post #2 |
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I like that novellas are the popular thing now. Some horror stories work better that way. It is only a little more than 100 pages so it was a short read, but I did have a few moments where I did almost a double take and had to go back a few lines. The author is very good at inserting brief glimpses of something very bizarre unexpectedly. For something that is very tense and suspenseful, it is also pretty fun. It has a dark sense of humor, and it's very satisfying to try to untangle what is going on. |
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