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Ich Hatte Vergessen, Dass Ich Verwundbar Bin: Roman (2010)

by Delphine de Vigan(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

342619886X (ISBN13: 9783426198865)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Droemer

review 1: It's difficult to describe this book without spoilers but I'll try.I loved it because it doesn't have a happy end. It is written in a very sober, civil language, which is poetic without being pathetic. It captures the emotions and thoughts of two people who have lost their faith in life. What first seemed as a place of security, has turned into something exhausting, unbearable and hostile. They have found solace in their work, it helped them overcome a trauma and all of a sudden, it doesn't make sense, it does not provide the comfort it used to. The story illustrates very clearly that losing your job can equal the pain of losing your partner, you have to invest your entire energy to overcome the trauma and move on. An important aspect of the story is the anonymity of a met... moreropolis, which can be very liberating and give you the feeling of endless possibilities... but at the same time, bringing along solitude, endless meaningless hours in public transport (hence the original title of the book), a feeling of being disconnected, of not-belonging.
review 2: « les mots étaient d’une banalité insoutenables, les mots usés étaient une injure faite à sa douleur mais ils n’en avaient pas d’autres »« la ville toujours imposerait sa cadence, son empressement, et ses heures d’affluence, qu’elle continuerait d’ignorer ses millions de trajectoires solitaires, à l’intersection desquelles il n’y a rien, rien d’autre que le vide, ou bien, une étincelle, aussitôt dissipée » Désespérément triste mais j’ai beaucoup aimé less

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