Monday, August 7, 2017

Der Zahir

I was a little disappointed by this self-indulgent, introspective philosophical monograph.  The details of the Kazakhstan Steppe were interesting.  And I enjoyed the depth into the values and culture of the characters.  The book it is very-well written.  Coelho is a fantastic writer.  But the petulant, egotistical, self-aggrandizing characters' melodramatic first-world problems seemed silly. And the bizarre, mystical superstitions  of the Kazakhs are just plain dumb.  2/5 stars.

I am considering writing a separate, German blog since I started reading a lot of German books; however I think most people who might look at this blog are not German speakers.

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