The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: A Novel | 
Ok @Andrew65 is so motivating so I'll participate at the #24B4Monday #readthon this weekend. I'll travel the most time, but some hours I'll spend on reading the tagged book. Thx @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for hosting.
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pickThis was a tricky one… Not an easy read, because of both style and subject. Short sentences, often formulated in a ‘stream of consciousness‘ kind of way, have you wondering how much you‘re missing, how many more layers there are to the story. It is not until the end of the book that the story starts to take on a more concrete shape. I almost DNF, but am very glad I pushed through. A very impressive read, can only recommend!
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so-soI‘ve also finished this today. It‘s the first book in our #12littens12books swap! Will keep my review for the notebook. I hope my analysis isn‘t too weird, I got a bit carried away...
@LittleBug sending you the book next week!
pickI‘ve just finished my first book for #12littens12books I‘m much looking foward to reading everyone‘s thoughts on it! I hope I‘ll be able to mail it out asap to @yourfavouritemixtape ,but I‘m not sure if my workschedule lets me drive to the post office next week🙈 friday latest I should manage!
The book is written in a very poetic way. It paints a picture of desolation, everyday violence, fear and hunger in a dictatorship.
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#booksinthewild #31bookpics - I was planning on taking my book outside for todays prompt but its cold, rainy and windy. So this is in my Office - which is pretty wild as well😂 couldn‘t find a fox though (that would match the titel: the fox was ever the hunter) so this wild cat has to do😅 #12littens12books
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Much looking foward to the #germanbookcircle #12littens12books 😊
bailedI‘m glad I read half of it. I have no idea what I read. I cannot continue. I‘m glad I read half of it.
panNot my cup of tea at all. I felt like this was a series of vignettes rather than a story, especially in the first half of the book. I still think Mueller is a spectacular writer, but in this book the prose got in the way of the storytelling. It had me shake my head with wonder what even went down.
so-soWell, my first initial impression of my first Pulitzer Prize winning author, Herta Mueller was hmmmm. Unfortunately, this didn‘t change much when I finished. The first half is abstract, I didn‘t find relevance chapter to chapter or a distinct plot. The second half pulled things together, but I still wasn‘t thrilled. I‘ve heard that her other books are different and not impressionistic in style. All in all, I wouldn‘t recommend it. ğŸ˜
bailedDNF. I tried but...... I literally could not figure out what the hell was happening. I think it's a combination of the poetic style and the fact that it's a translated book, but it made no sense whatsoever. The metaphors were so obscure, and the language was just too bizarre and intentionally unclear. I know it won the Nobel, but TBH I think it was the prize committee trying to seem super deep 😜
I don't remember how I heard about this book and I'd never heard of the author before but it sounds super fascinating so let's go. #nowreading
pickWhat a beautiful, frightening book. This is my first Herta Müller, & I'll be back for more. Translated from German, it follows a couple living under Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania. One of them works for the secret police. In many ways it mirrors her own life of standing up to the secret police & fleeing Romania to live in Germany. It's a short but savory book with gorgeous & haunting prose about life under totalitarianism. Scary & timely. ?
Spending Saturday afternoon with a coffee and some light reading on what it's like to live under a totalitarian regime. I've been meaning to read Herta Müller for a while and this looks like a great place to start. It focuses on a couple, one of whom works for the secret police under Romania's Ceausescu regime. Should be interesting.
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pickThis book was beautifully translated from Romanian. It gave a peak at a time of history in Romania that I was not familiar with. The prose style had me hooked.
Herta Müller's writing (tr. Philip Boehm) is bleak and beautiful and paints a haunting picture of totalitarian Romania. #translatedbooks #nobelprizewinner #nobelprize
Please meet Camden at #Booksmith in the Haight, who loves loves loves this book and says "She can use some more love!" Even though she has a Nobel (sometimes we also need love) #getindie
bailedI just can't get into this one and I just started my graduate program. New motto: if it doesn't grab me, save it for later.
This one definitely looks promised. Müller is known for her use of language, so I'm curious to see how it holds up under translation.
so-soI've liked Müller's work before (The Appointment blew me away) but I could not seem to get into this one.
