Monday, January 5, 2009

Reading list

I posted a little list on the side - and I chose (hope no one minds) to list a book for March because I am DYING to discuss this book with women I know a bit better than random people on the internet. So, for March, I chose A Woman in Berlin - here's the blurb:

For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. Spare, unpredictable, minutely observed, and utterly free of self-pity (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity as well as their cravenness. And with bald honesty and brutal lyricism (Elle), she tells of the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject. A Woman in Berlin is, to quote A. S. Byatt, essential, and a classic of war literature.

This is really a powerful book and deserves a good discussion. I would really appreciate some feedback on it! I promise to not dominate it either!

3 comments:

Rebecca said...

Is this the one you commented about on Goodreads? It sounded intense! I too enjoy discussions with people I know rather than strangers so will look forward to talking about this one...I love it when a book "stays" with you and you keep thinking about it!

Annette B said...

Fine by me!

Anne Bennion said...

Sounds incredibly interesting.