Clear, somewhat ingenuous voice and a very nifty structure, where each episode takes up with a character you didn't notice in a previous one. Kehlmann is particularly magnificent with delusional sad sacks. You root [sp.?] for them. All in all, charming, spry, wittily conceived. And that structur...
Provocative and interwoven(if occasionally slow) character studies that probe questions about ethics/morality, belief, and the performance of human existence through the worlds of religion, finance, and art. Funny at times, but not consistently so. None of the characters were likeable, not that t...
tKehlmann'ın hemen bütün yazdıklarını takip etmeye çalışıyorum. Dünyanın Ölçümü sıkı çalışılmış ve yazma uğraşı ile ilgilenlere ders niteliğinde bir kurmaca. Türkçe’deki ilk iki romanıyla taşıdığı yazınsal gücü hissettiren fakat bunu tam olarak yansıtamayan gençAlman yazar Daniel Kehlmann...
Из архивите - рецензия за в. "Гласове".Издателството за немскоезична литература "Атлантис – КЛ" е едно от броените в България, чиито стъпки прокарват ясен път нанякъде. Миналогодишната му продукция се състоеше от "само" две заглавия. Но в компанията на издадените досега Хайнрих Бьол, Томас Бернха...
Do you get it? A structure, the connections, a narrative arc, but no main character, no hero advancing throughout.”“Interesting,” said Elisabeth wearily.He looked at his watch. “Why are we running late again? It was the same thing yesterday, what are they doing, why does it keep happening?”“Becau...
“Kaminski. Manuel K-A-M-I-N-S-K-I. Did you know him?” “Manuel. Yes, yes, yes.” The old lady smiled expressionlessly. “When was that?” “Was what?” She turned a waxy shriveled ear toward me. I leaned forward and screamed, “When!” “My God! Thirty years.” “It must be over fifty.” “Not that many.” “Ye...