Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Nazi and the Barber, Edgar Hilsenrath


Note to those who love literature irreverent, crazy, weighed, zany, grotesque.
 To those who love the jokes, slapstick, the limit on sulfur provocative ... You will be served!!
Author: E Hilsenrath GDR is known for his book "fuck america" an autobiography totally crazy.
He repeated this time with this novel written in the late 60s. At the time this book publishers disturbed.
It was not kidding with the Holocaust. We could use the comic even though it was to better
understand the mechanisms of the horror ... After some years of wandering he gradually becomes a
bestseller.
Synopsis: This farce begins a few years before the war. The narrator, Max Schulz, a character
unpleasant but strangely endearing, apprenticed as a barber with his Jewish friend Itzig.
A few years later he became an SS convinced cheerfully participates in the killing of Jews (including his friend).
After the defeat, he assumes the identity of his friend and becomes convinced tripper ..
Impressions: The bet was risky. The subject might seem very border-line. Edgar Hilsenrath succeeded yet
never cross the boundary. A paved political delusional when the author takes a lot of freedom
both in the story that in terms of style and good taste ...
To our delight. The author has fun and we also ...
On the same theme as "the Kindly Ones" but much more enjoyable!

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