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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a beautifully realized short novel
This is a beautifully realized account of a day in the life of a small town in eastern Poland in the early 1930s. Szewc has an eye like that of Proust. Details are lovingly recorded, all in an effort to preserve the day-to-day--a day-to-day that will be destroyed, one might add, during the Holocaust. The book is also beautifully translated.
Published on December 27, 1997
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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful failure
The intent of this beautifully written, poetic book is to capture a day in the life of a village. While there is wonderful use of symbolism, the book ultimately fails on two counts. First, there is no reason for the selection of whose lives to follow through the day. Second, the narrator vasillated between omniscient (even knowing dreams and memories) to limited only...
Published on June 17, 2001 by M. J. Smith
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a beautifully realized short novel,
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This review is from: Annihilation (Norwegian Literature Series) (Hardcover)
This is a beautifully realized account of a day in the life of a small town in eastern Poland in the early 1930s. Szewc has an eye like that of Proust. Details are lovingly recorded, all in an effort to preserve the day-to-day--a day-to-day that will be destroyed, one might add, during the Holocaust. The book is also beautifully translated.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful failure,
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This review is from: Annihilation (Norwegian Literature Series) (Hardcover)
The intent of this beautifully written, poetic book is to capture a day in the life of a village. While there is wonderful use of symbolism, the book ultimately fails on two counts. First, there is no reason for the selection of whose lives to follow through the day. Second, the narrator vasillated between omniscient (even knowing dreams and memories) to limited only is visible. When limited, the narrator engages in speculation and philosophic reflection.This has an author worth watching, but as a novel it is an interesting, beautiful failure. |
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Annihilation (Norwegian Literature Series) by Piotr Szewc (Paperback - May 1, 1999)
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