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Unwiederbringlich (1901)

by Theodor Fontane(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

3423130490 (ISBN13: 9783423130493)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

dtv

review 1: Honestly, I didn't like the book in the beginning. The author takes us through a lot of, what I thought, were meaningless tangent conversations. I simply wasn't interested in the content. I've read books with tangents by the likes of Hugo, Melville, etc., and I don't have a problem with tangents. In Irretrievable, I simply wasn't interested in them and getting through the first half (and more) of the book was laborious. Then, I have to admit, things happened in the book (I'll let you read it to find out what) and I was hooked. It was a relief when I had to quit reading one day but I didn't want to. This is a book that will stick with me and cause me to think for a long time into the future.
review 2: My attempt to read some classics every now and then as I had... moren't read anything by this very famous German author. I loved the character development in this story and it just reminded me of how so often in older books, the characters are much more of the focus than the plot. I almost wish it had a different title as I might have preferred not knowing that the marriage/ past/ happiness was "irretrievable." less

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