May. 9th, 2009

liv: Bookshelf labelled: Caution. Hungry bookworm (bookies)
Author: Inge Merkel

Details: (c) 1987 Residenz Verlag; Pub 2000 Ariadne Press; Trans Renate Latimer; Original title Eine ganz gewöhnliche Ehe; ISBN 1-57241-075-2

Verdict: Odysseus and Penelope – an ordinary marriage is a successful and moving modern exploration of mythology.

Reasons for reading it: I wanted a change from SF and it's been on my reading pile for a while now.

How it came into my hands: The wonderful [personal profile] lab sent it to me as part of her [livejournal.com profile] livelongnmarry auction offering. I'd asked for some modern Austrian literature and this is an example.

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Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.

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