Comments | sandor_baci: Christa Wolf, Russell Hoban

sandor_baci

Christa Wolf, Russell Hoban

Dec 14, 2011 20:29

Both gone. Both for me still here. Over decades I have picked up their books again and again, always new, always different, always (and more and more) familiar. I buy them and give them away, I hope with the gift, I wonder -- will she, will he, show the soul-likeness that I hope for, will (s)he love these books too ( Read more... )

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mlr December 16 2011, 09:01:20 UTC

Thank-you for mentioning them. I was unfamiliar with either one of them. They sound fascinating.

sandor_baci December 16 2011, 09:28:11 UTC

Hoban is a one-off, unlike anything else. Please buy RIDDLEY WALKER and read it ( ... )

mlr December 16 2011, 16:06:04 UTC

Thank you for this helpful comment.

I'll will definitely check both of them out. Online, I glanced at Wolf's German this morning at 3:00 AM. It's daunting for me - I'm afraid I would be up to my knees by page 3 if I attempted one of her books. I'll probably have to rely on the translations.

On Hoban's wiki page: In 1969, Hoban, his wife, and their children travelled to London, intending to stay only a short time. The marriage dissolved, and while the rest of the family returned to the United States, Hoban remained in London for the rest of his life. All of his adult novels except Riddley Walker, Pilgermann and Fremder are set in whole or part in contemporary London. Almost a story in itself.

THank you for your fine mind. Your posts many-times send me on a web surf into unknown territory. They are a pleasure to read.