Misfits

[rich]

thanks, Kai

Rich

p.s. fwiw, Littell has also written some really good essays reporting on
Sudan and Chechnya. well worth reading, too

http://www.lrb.co.uk/search?q=jonathan+littell&contributor=Littell,+Jonathan

(subscription required alas)


   - Infisal! Infisal!
Infisal!<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n13/jonathan-littell/infisal-infisal-infisal>
   *Jonathan Littell*: A Journey in South Sudan [30 June 2011]

   “They’ll never pull it off, people said. Too little time, too little
   money, obstruction from the North … The April 2010 elections – both
   presidential and local – had gone . . .”

   - Chechnya, Year
III<http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n22/jonathan-littell/chechnya-year-iii>
   *Jonathan Littell*: Ramzan Kadyrov [19 November 2009]

   “Since Ramzan Kadyrov, the young president of Chechnya, is, as everyone
   knows, ‘the greatest builder in the world’, it’s a happy chance that has
   the visitor from abroad ar . . .”




On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <
lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:

> **
>
> Haven't checked out "Die Wohlgesinnten" yet, but your review is certainly
> worth reading:
>
> http://www.oomska.co.uk/the-kindly-ones/
>
> In one of the editions - is it the French one? - Aue, or so I read, bites
> off the Führer's nose.
>
> A synopsis of the German debate, which also provides the names of the
> novel's non-fictional characters, you can find here:
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wohlgesinnten
>
>
> On 12.01.2012 15:45, rich wrote:
>
> I admit to being quite impressed by the Kindly Ones; even wrote a review
> of it. I think its worth reading.
>
> rich
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> see, the thing is that those narratives are so compelling that I may
>> not be able to resist.
>> I've read a sheaf of The Kindly Ones for instance, and I have no
>> trouble admitting his basic premise which is that I could very well
>> have done the things he did...
>> I had meant to have it read in toto by the end of 2011, but the real
>> life you are reluctant to share (and although I have less reluctance
>> about that, I have no statement at present) made non-negotiable
>> demands.  I plan to post loquaciously on it eventually, though...
>>
>
>
>
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