40 books in 2010! 20 books in 2011! How many in 2012?
Finishing the last page of a nice book is so much rewarding, so I thought to read more since January 2010 instead of wasting my time in front of the PC or TV. I read whatever I think might be interesting. Fiction or Nonfiction. Each book opens a new horizon. With the books you can travel around the world. ..... I just want to do something useful for myself.
I read English and German language. The ranking is from 1 (=very bad) through 10 (=excellent).

Saturday, June 12, 2010

24th book - "Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter" - Peter Handke - 2 points

Just a few 118 pages, but an awful writing style. I really became nervous while reading. It's about a guy who thought the he lost his job and who runs away, kills a woman and runs away again. He feels observed and in his mind things happened before.
No paragraphs, no chapters, unrelated sentences follow each other. It's a narrative, maybe I need to read a novel from this author to see how he deals with that.
I bought this book at a bookstore at the Yale University in New Haven, CT. They had 2 shelves packed with German literature. I think about the students at Yale who have to suffer reading this bullshit.
Peter Handke (*1942) is an Austrian writer and translator.
I read the first paperback edition from the Suhrkamp Verlag 1972. First published in 1970. ISBN 3-518-36527-4.
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