The Fox Was Ever the Hunter (Audiobook)

from etides

Total langweilig - oder für mich zu kompliziert?

from gpaisley

Muller writes in rather short sentences. Maybe that is how she wrote. Or maybe it is how her work was translated. Perhaps she is trying to convey a sense of bleakness in Romania by avoiding the use of commas. As if commas were in short supply. Like color. Or hope. Perhaps it is the fault of the t...

from fizzypops

"God forgive us for being Romanians!" Midway through the first chapter of this novel, I was struggling to grasp the thread of the story; I was also convinced it might not be for me, and doubted whether I could finish it. But I ended up devouring this in two sittings. It's a stark description of t...

from janerawoof

Not much of a plot here despite the jacket note picking out what plot there was. That blurb had attracted me in the first place. The plot didn't actually begin until around page 111; why is a fox pelt in the heroine's home cut up little by little? A warning from the secret police? It is revealed ...

from snash

The book is a prose poem with a plot woven in. The quiet consistent terror of oppression is conveyed in the darting shadows, knife-like poplars cutting the sky, sun flower seeds floating in the toilet, and the dissected fox pelt. It's more atmospheric than plot or character driven.