Hello, I’m back at it yet again to talk a bit about this week’s book: The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea. On the whole, I found the book kind of confusing to read. The start feels like it throws us into the story very quickly, and we are left to try and figure it out on […]
I found myself a bit confused when reading this one, as it was often hard to tell who was speaking at times when reading the novel. The author would also often use nicknames referring to some characters, alternating from calling a character “the …
I found myself a bit confused when reading this one, as it was often hard to tell who was speaking at times when reading the novel. The author would also often use nicknames referring to some characters, alternating from calling a character “the …
The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea has me feeling uncertain, and confused. So, I can only say that Manea has achieved his goal. The writing itself was a big contributor to this as it often consisted of run-on sentences as well … Continue reading
Hello everyone, welcome back to the blog. This week’s book is the The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea. The story takes place in communist Romania close to the government’s collapse in a 1989. It revolves around two couples going to a dinner party hosted by old acquaintances, and the aftermath of this visit. While nothing really […]
Norman Manea, The Trenchcoat
A conversation with the famed Romanian writer
Questions on The Trenchcoat
Videos about Norman Manea and Romania under Communism
blog#9 – the Object of Anxiety — I’ll admit that I am not very good at remembering character’s names when reading, especially during the part I have to read in dialogue. But in this book, many characters have a kind of tic or catchphrase that they say which I thought was really interesting. Whatever their […]
