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The language is also filled with echoes of the familiar, both of general and literary expression, playfully twisted here -- occasionally awkwardly, too, but generally to good effect. There is always this dialectic when you start a meaningful book; between the book, its contents and concepts and the author and their life/lives. And you cannot get away from this with Jelinek precisely because she IS controversial. Much is made of this in German-speaking Europe. But outside of that she appears to be little known or appraised even by the chattering classes that might be considered the clientele for her books. And this is even the case after being awarded the Nobel Laureate for Literature in 2004. A cursory look at her Wiki entry makes you begin to throw up the hands in a ‘Whoaa!’ moment. Dominant pushy mother (shades of The Piano Teacher there), severe anxiety overcome through writing, political involvement and awareness, committed feminist.

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re: the policeman] “I hope I’ll manage it so that you too experience one of his happy moments! But I doubt it, I already don’t like him.” Another interesting thing, while I was reading the book, I thought the style reminded me a lot of a book I read by another German author, Crossing the Sierra Gredos by Peter Handke. He was the 2019 Nobel Prize winner. He also was a controversial choice due to his politics (again you can see all that on Wiki). Imagine my surprise when I see that Jelinek said when she won the prize that it should have gone to Handke! She also caused controversy by not attending the ceremony when she won the prize but she sent a video acceptance speech – she’s agoraphobic. This entire story took my breath away when I learned it. It made me first angry, then sad, and finally determined to be a co-conspirator in the long arc of educational justice by helping to unmask these types of histories. Stay tuned for the next piece where we hear from elders around what it means to center and uplift Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and learning in these troubling times.

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despre corpul femeilor: "... ca sa nu dispara specia umana doar de aia li s-a dat femeilor corpul, care de cele mai multe ori e colturos ca un fagure parasit definitiv de albine." How low can these women go? Imagine an older woman letting the policeman bring an underage girl into her home for the policeman to have sex with while she is there. That’s the girl who was killed and whose body was found in the lake. Do we have a suspect here? By the way, some blurbs describe this as a “thriller” – it’s not. The killing of the young girl is peripheral to the main story. And, while we follow some of the police procedures in their investigation, it’s definitely not a police procedural or a detective story. Some of the strongest scenes are the ones with a tighter focus, such as when Gabi's corpse has been found, or when Janisch hits a large stag while driving.)

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It's a third of the way through the novel before the murder actually takes place -- and almost three-quarters before the body is then actually found and a murder investigation gets under way. on reality TV shows:] “…where people pour out their being and then don’t want to wipe it up afterwards.” The man can't bear to hear anymore, he's already had to hear so much, for him the whole thing is a process without any adornment. What follows is a captivating tale of love, loss, and redemption. Dominic, faced with the reality of Alessandra’s departure, awakens to the profound emptiness left in her absence. As he confronts the consequences of his obsession with success, he discovers that there might be more to life than riches and glory, but the question remains: Is it too late to salvage what he once held dear?

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Please, here's the gate, where it always is, and as always it's as wide open as a barn door, and we eat human flesh like a horse.

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When she talks about the relatives of the missing girl:] “All the rest are dead now, I decide, and so I save myself a lot of work….So I no longer have to describe them. Thank you very much.” Jandarmul Kurt Janisch se uită azi din nou la poza în care tatăl său, colonelul Janisch, fusese surprins cu treizeci de ani în urmă, în timp ce dădea onorul regelui. Iată, aici îl vedem încă pe tată, evident constrâns de propriul gest entuziast de a lua poziţia de drepţi să dea uşor înapoi. Cum se face totuşi că nimic nu-l poate reţine? Are ceva molatic, nehotărât în umeri, care pare să-l împingă apoi din nou înainte. Poate că nu era decât o plecăciune involuntară în faţa monarhului, un fel de supliment la onorul pe care-l repetase atât de des. Fiul – aşa cum stă acum în faţa dulapului, echipat ca pentru jogging, în treningul cu dungi şerpuitoare, încercând să-şi stăpânească trupul şi încălzindu-l treptat înainte de alergare – nu mai are nimic servil în el. Cu umerii căzuţi, dar cu mâinile mereu gata să se apuce de treabă, tatăl şi-a făcut datoria peste tot, pe şoselele prăfuite şi pe lângă maşinile distruse în accidente. Poate că fiul e mai complex şi ştie să dea şi ordine. Înfăţişarea lui îmi stârneşte curiozitatea: are un chip cam colţuros pe care gândurile, ce la alţi oameni se umflă în pene cu mare plăcere, par să se furişeze doar, timide. Hm. Voinţa nu i-ar lipsi, de fapt, dar oare la ce are de gând s-o folosească? Barca a încetinit viteza, semaforul e pornit şi arată mereu verde, iar diferenţa subtilă în raport cu ceilalţi oameni se face tot mai mare. What are your thoughts on this story? Had you heard it before? What do you wonder as you read this?

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In incheiere va las cu cateva citate despre lucruri interesante/de retinut (Doamne fereste!). Este important sa avem rabdare si sa le citim pe toate, pentru ca sunt foarte distractive: Mai multe nu pot sa va spun despre roman deoarece m-am luptat cu el si cu toate ca m-a amuzat pe alocuri nu a reusit sa ma capteze in totalitate, fiind mai mereu cu mintea in alta parte. :) We only learn the names of a few of them, and even when those characters are featured she often prefers to describe them in much more general terms -- 'the man', 'the woman'; Janisch is often also featured in his role (of Gendarm) rather than personal identity.