Cat and Mouse - Gunter Grass
What was that??!!!!
I have no clue.
Either the author's style is too complex for my brain to decipher or the translation from German makes it complex.
This time I give myself a benefit of doubt. I have tried reading Mein Kampf twice and I couldn't go beyond the first 10 or 20 pages. The shameless self flattery of the German leader had put me off enough. Add to it bizarre sentences, long enough to cover half the page, I quit. Don't think I will ever have the mindset to take it up again.
I am absolutely confounded by the book. I have no clue who is the protagonist, how come the best admirer finally becomes the worst enemy and what was all that happening in between. There were certain pages talking about the teenage boys' sexual awakening. It is not that I am dumb to understand such things, but at first I just didn't get it. I re-read. But then I wasn't sure if I was thinking in the same lines as the author. It took me a third reading to finally console myself that I am no pervert but that was what written there.
By the way, Gunter Grass was initially degraded as a pornographic author ;))
I don't want to comment on a Nobel laurate. I will try reading his masterpiece, The Tin Drum and come back on him. But ya, not so soon. Pls..... I need a well deserved break. This book wasn't an easy task. I am proud of myself that I finished reading it despite feeling giddy most of the times.
Note:- If you are looking for pornography, I am sorry, but the book would be an even major disappointment *thought I should make that clear*
I have no clue.
Either the author's style is too complex for my brain to decipher or the translation from German makes it complex.
This time I give myself a benefit of doubt. I have tried reading Mein Kampf twice and I couldn't go beyond the first 10 or 20 pages. The shameless self flattery of the German leader had put me off enough. Add to it bizarre sentences, long enough to cover half the page, I quit. Don't think I will ever have the mindset to take it up again.
I am absolutely confounded by the book. I have no clue who is the protagonist, how come the best admirer finally becomes the worst enemy and what was all that happening in between. There were certain pages talking about the teenage boys' sexual awakening. It is not that I am dumb to understand such things, but at first I just didn't get it. I re-read. But then I wasn't sure if I was thinking in the same lines as the author. It took me a third reading to finally console myself that I am no pervert but that was what written there.
By the way, Gunter Grass was initially degraded as a pornographic author ;))
I don't want to comment on a Nobel laurate. I will try reading his masterpiece, The Tin Drum and come back on him. But ya, not so soon. Pls..... I need a well deserved break. This book wasn't an easy task. I am proud of myself that I finished reading it despite feeling giddy most of the times.
Note:- If you are looking for pornography, I am sorry, but the book would be an even major disappointment *thought I should make that clear*
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posted by Dew Drops at 9:24 PM
2 Comments:
i've read Tin Drum. its loong but its clearly a masterpiece. actually the stuff that book is made of struck me after years *after i started liking hard rock a little*. Gunter is good :)
i take ur word for it milord..
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