Richard Dübell
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Værker af Richard Dübell
Das Jahrhundertversprechen: Historischer Roman (Jahrhundertsturm-Serie, Band 3) (2018) 5 eksemplarer
Viking Warriors 03: Der Pfeil des Verräters 2 eksemplarer
2000 2 eksemplarer
Das Buch der Finsternis 1 eksemplar
Der Jahrhundertwinter: Ein Weihnachtsroman 1 eksemplar
2010 1 eksemplar
2012 1 eksemplar
2008 1 eksemplar
2009 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Dübell, Richard
- Juridisk navn
- Dübell, Richard
- Fødselsdato
- 1962-10-05
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Duitsland
- Fødested
- Landshut, Duitsland
- Bopæl
- Landshut, Duitsland
- Erhverv
- Schrijver
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Graficus
Medlemmer
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- 47
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 473
- Popularitet
- #52,094
- Vurdering
- 3.4
- Anmeldelser
- 22
- ISBN
- 99
- Sprog
- 7
Louise and her young son stay on the estate, worried and anxious. To calm the boy, Louise tells him the story of a medieval knight traveling through a snowy forest with his children. The novel alternates between the two stories - Louise, the searchers and Paul, who leaves the train wreck with a few other men to find help, and the medieval knight and his children.
I enjoyed the 19th century story much more than the medieval one, and it was what I had signed up for - before buying the book, I had not realized that the story that Louise tells her son is longer than the frame story itself. Moreover, while it has a sort of Christmassy message in the end, it is an immensely brutal story, filled with dead people and animals. The knight and his children are pursued by a pack of wolves and have to fight them repeatedly, and this is repetitive as well as horrible. While I understand that the hardships are there to get the message across, I think that so much brutality is unnecessary. I felt sick sometimes from the detailed descriptions. The cover of the book, as well as the subtitle A Christmas Novel, suggest a very different content and atmosphere.
The 19th century story was better and the atmosphere reminded me a little of Fontane at times. It is very Prussian and I liked Paul's enthusiasm for trains as well as the inclusion of a local legend. Still, I had expected more Christmas content (the subtitle!!!). There is also a love triangle between Louise and the two friends and I was not interested in that in the least.… (mere)