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HTML:A ferociously intelligent debut novel about a young amnesiacâ??s descent into madness in contemporary Berlin, and a country wrestling with its dark past. A young woman named Margaret stumbles one morning from a forest outside Berlin, hands dirty, clothes torn. She can remember nothing of the night in the woods, norâ??she soon realizesâ??anything of the previous months. She returns home to her former life. Two years later, she receives a letter from a mysterious doctor, who summons her to an appointment, claiming to be concerned for her fate. Margaret keeps the appointment, but when she leaves the doctorâ??s office, the entire city is transformed. Nazi ghosts manifest as preening falcons; buildings turn to flesh; reality itself wheels. This is the story of Margaretâ??s race to recover her lost historyâ??the night in the forest, and the chasm that opened in her life as a result. Awash in guilt, careening toward a shattering revelation, Margaret finds her personal amnesia resonating more and more clamorously with a nationâ??s criminal past, as she struggles toward an awakening that will lead her through madness to the truth, and to the unanswerable agony of her own actions. Ida Hattemer-Higgins has written a novel about amnesiaâ??individual, cultural, historicalâ??about memory and oblivion, fantasy and reason, myth and redemption in our time. An unforgettable story from a bold and prodig… (plus d'informations)
Weird but intriguing. A woman wakes up in the woods an amnesiac obsessed with who was guilty and who was not during the Third Reich in Berlin, Germany. ( )
En forunderlig, mærkelig historie, som ind imellem optog mig meget og andre tider forekom meget mystisk og mærkelig. Svær at få hold på. Måske skal den læses igen. ( )
This was such an enjoyable read. Having visited Berlin a few months ago, I did all the typical sites like checkpoint charlie, the place has a veneer of fact/fiction/real/unreality that has been masterfully captured. Likewise its citizens. I totally believed Margaret's obsessions and was surprised by how stunning it was to read. Its bold exuberance of language glided its way to convey difficult and at times, harrowing content. The theme of madness is seen through a surreal landscape where hints are presented and symbols come out to play. I will most certainly re-read this at another time for on every page there are layers to strip away--the merging of historical fact with dreamlike montages shows that the difference between story and memory is not as watertight as we'd like to think it is. ( )
Both brilliant and disturbing. The sort of significant book that you sense it would be worth spending time with, and yet you might never feel in the mood for. I only skim read it, which is less attention than it deserves, but even read in this manner it had a big impact. Some of the sections I landed on offered fascinating views on the holocaust and the nature of memory, but other aspects, not least buildings turning to flesh, nearly persuaded me to give up altogether. ( )
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To the disappeared.
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The oceans rose and the clouds washed over the sky; the tide of humanity came revolving in love and betrayal, in skyscrapers and ruins, through walls breached and children conjured, and soon it was the year 2002.
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The green of the trees in the park beckoned, just before it disappeared from view—the overture of a new century.
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HTML:A ferociously intelligent debut novel about a young amnesiacâ??s descent into madness in contemporary Berlin, and a country wrestling with its dark past. A young woman named Margaret stumbles one morning from a forest outside Berlin, hands dirty, clothes torn. She can remember nothing of the night in the woods, norâ??she soon realizesâ??anything of the previous months. She returns home to her former life. Two years later, she receives a letter from a mysterious doctor, who summons her to an appointment, claiming to be concerned for her fate. Margaret keeps the appointment, but when she leaves the doctorâ??s office, the entire city is transformed. Nazi ghosts manifest as preening falcons; buildings turn to flesh; reality itself wheels. This is the story of Margaretâ??s race to recover her lost historyâ??the night in the forest, and the chasm that opened in her life as a result. Awash in guilt, careening toward a shattering revelation, Margaret finds her personal amnesia resonating more and more clamorously with a nationâ??s criminal past, as she struggles toward an awakening that will lead her through madness to the truth, and to the unanswerable agony of her own actions. Ida Hattemer-Higgins has written a novel about amnesiaâ??individual, cultural, historicalâ??about memory and oblivion, fantasy and reason, myth and redemption in our time. An unforgettable story from a bold and prodig
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