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| Discussion: Leon De Winter i think leon de winter writes bad, his books are very boring for people >>By daffie The antihero of this novel tries to fill in - with ravenous eating - the abyss experienced as a child by the loss of his Jewish parents in the Holocaust and later as an adult of his two daughters, amidst the cracking and crumbling Iron Wall - rejecting the past, not finding a place in the present. Only Spinoza, another Dutch Jewish outcast in search for meaning, whose writings punctuate the novel along the food binges, will provide a glimmer of hope - whence "Hoffman"... This novel, as well as the other one I read, Sionoco, deals with an alienated Jewish man searching for his father, as well as the strength and weight of the generations - of the individual in his family (Sionoco: Mayer repeating almost exactly the fault of his father) or in his people (Hoffman's quest echoing that of Spinoza's centuries before). Dark, brooding, deep: after the last page, the book continues to resonate. >>By Michael You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |