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Loading... Crazy (original 1999; edition 2001)by Benjamin Lebert (Author), Meta Ottosson (Translator)
Work InformationCrazy by Benjamin Lebert (1999)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 8422683792 Meh. I've seen it all before. This book was highly deriative of The Catcher in the Rye and others of its ilk. I wouldn't have finished it at all if it weren't for the novelty that it was written by a sixteen-year-old German boy. As it was, the characters didn't grow or change, and I spent the entire book waiting for something to happen. Perhaps Benjamin Lebert just needs to grow up a little. These autobiographical novel recounts the school days of young Bejamin Lebert: disabled, facing his parents' divorce, failing out of school, and shipped away from his native Munich to boarding school. We see Lebert's coming of age and dealing with the trials of adoescence in boarding school. Lebert shares the loneliness of boarding school life with his fellow students, and they quickly form intense bonds. The book puts in stark relief all the hopes and fears a world of teenagers can produce. Ultimately, this is a touching look at teenage life.
Die Welt, die hier beschrieben wird, verläuft weniger dramatisch als in den "Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß" oder im Film "Der Club der toten Dichter". Auch sprachlich ist Leberts Roman eher unspektakulär. Lange, in sich nicht konsequente Strecken indirekter Rede, die aus dem Berichtston störend herausfallen ("Niemand wisse, was hinter seiner Fassade vorgeht"), erwecken den Verdacht der Lektorenprosa. Hier und da sind unstimmige Bilder stehengeblieben: "Er stopft gerade ein Gummibärchen in sich hinein." Bisweilen auch verliert der Erzähler seine Figuren aus dem Blick. Dennoch ist der Roman stimmig, spannend zu lesen und als Jugendbuch zu empfehlen. AwardsNotable Lists
The paperback edition of one of the hottest debut novels of the year, written by one of the youngest novelists ever published. Benjamin Lebert is just an ordinary German teenager trying to have a good time. Only he's paralyzed down his left side and he's already been thrown out of four schools. Still the friends he's made at his new boarding school don't think he's any different, just 'crazy'. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.92Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1990-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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