The Confusion of Young Torless

from Banoo

Törless is confused. He goes to an all-boys school. He is confused. He thinks of women. He thinks of men. Things happen. One boy steals. Other boys find out about the theft. They take advantage of this knowledge. Törless is confused. He wants to see cruelty. He's indifferent. He cares. He doesn't...

from Banoo

Törless is confused. He goes to an all-boys school. He is confused. He thinks of women. He thinks of men. Things happen. One boy steals. Other boys find out about the theft. They take advantage of this knowledge. Törless is confused. He wants to see cruelty. He's indifferent. He cares. He doesn't...

from araridan

At its core, "Torless" is a story about the trials/scandals of a group of adolescents at a boarding school. The boys are at a time in their life where they are escaping the innocence of childhood, but being primed to become men. So we see Torless being confused by his feelings towards his mother ...

from Dreesie

I did no enjoy nor relate to this book. Boys are mean, basically. I imagine men--at least those men that might be able to relate to a c1900 Austro-Hungarian boys' boarding school or a similar situation--might be able to relate to this much better and might find it much more moving. Per the intro,...

from umkaaaa

I did not find this an interesting read overall. It is the coming of age story of a boy in a pensionate in central Europe. Themes of sexuality, power, homosexuality are explored. I did not like the hero very much. I thought he mostly rambled on about feelings with which I could not identify.