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- Kanoninen nimi
- Posthuma, Jente
- Syntymäaika
- 1974-08-16
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- The Netherlands
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- The Netherlands
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
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Each of the twins had unusual fascinations, with the reality television show Survivor, with the infamous Nazi physician Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" who performed experiments on the first born of pairs of twins, and survivors of concentration camps, even though none of their relatives were even in any.
The novel consists of very short snapshots, some as short as a sentence or two, which provide a glimpse into each twin in a nonlinear fashion, both during the childhood and young adulthood, his suicide, and how deeply his sister's life was affected, years after her brother died of suicide.
'What I'd Rather Not Think About' is a tragic story, in which the superhuman efforts of one sibling to save the life of another proves fruitless, but it is also filled with small segments of wry humor that keep it from being a morbidly depressing one. Unlike The Details' I found this novel to be a worthy choice for this year's International Booker Prize.… (lisätietoja)