I don't know if it really qualifies as magic realism but Gunter Grass is a very good writer that gives this weird fascinating vibe. 'The Tin Drum' and 'The Flounder' are very interesting books, highly recommend.
…another question entirely. ("No", I'm afraid, is the answer. There are better books along the same lines that are also challenging but less so. I recommend 100 Years of Solitude, Midnight's Children, or Tin Drum). Avoid Ulysses. There's such bad, lame "philosophy of math" in there it really turned me off, made it seem like the whole book is just Joyce showing off how smart he thinks he is.
The Tin Drum is an amazing book and it influenced a lot of fiction - from Midnight's Children to A Prayer for Owen Meany. Some of his shorter books are a little more accessible (Cat and Mouse or Crabwalk, for instance).…
Still crawling thru "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass. An epic reading. If you ever wanted to know about the nazi and post-nazi germany and get force-fed with entirely different topics in the process.
I am very fond of Oblomov. Always considered him a role model, in hypothesis. I'll get around to emulating him one day. I suspect Günter Grass was a fan too. Meyn the trumpeter in "the tin drum" and his lifestyle.
…writing. If you're planning to read a modern German novel, avoid this guy at all cost. Read Handke or Jelinek, Glavinic or Kracht, Gernhard or Böll. Or any of a million others. Don't let anyone sell you the Tin Drum, please.
我不知道这算不算真正的魔幻现实主义，但君特·格拉斯是一位极其优秀的作家，作品带有一种奇特而迷人的气质。《铁皮鼓》和《比目鱼》是非常有意思的书，强烈推荐。
I don't know if it really qualifies as magic realism but Gunter Grass is a very good writer that gives this weird fascinating vibe. 'The Tin Drum' and 'The Flounder' are very interesting books, highly recommend.
……完全是另一个问题了。（恐怕答案是“不能”。同类型里有更好的书，同样有挑战性但没那么劝退。我推荐《百年孤独》、《午夜之子》或《铁皮鼓》）。避开《尤利西斯》吧。里面那些既糟糕又差劲的“数学哲学”真的把我劝退了，感觉整本书纯粹是乔伊斯在炫耀自以为有多聪明。
…another question entirely. ("No", I'm afraid, is the answer. There are better books along the same lines that are also challenging but less so. I recommend 100 Years of Solitude, Midnight's Children, or Tin Drum). Avoid Ulysses. There's such bad, lame "philosophy of math" in there it really turned me off, made it seem like the whole book is just Joyce showing off how smart he thinks he is.
《铁皮鼓》是一本了不起的书，它影响了许多虚构作品——从《午夜之子》到《欧文·梅尼的祈祷》。他的一些较短的作品要相对好读一些（比如《猫与鼠》或《蟹行》）。……
The Tin Drum is an amazing book and it influenced a lot of fiction - from Midnight's Children to A Prayer for Owen Meany. Some of his shorter books are a little more accessible (Cat and Mouse or Crabwalk, for instance).…
还在硬啃君特·格拉斯的《铁皮鼓》。真是一场史诗级的阅读体验。如果你想了解纳粹以及后纳粹时代的德国，同时在这个过程中被强行灌输完全不同的话题的话。
Still crawling thru "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass. An epic reading. If you ever wanted to know about the nazi and post-nazi germany and get force-fed with entirely different topics in the process.
我非常喜欢奥勃洛莫夫。理论上一直把他当成人生榜样。总有一天我会去效仿他的。我怀疑君特·格拉斯也是他的粉丝。《铁皮鼓》里的司号员迈恩以及他的生活方式就是明证。
I am very fond of Oblomov. Always considered him a role model, in hypothesis. I'll get around to emulating him one day. I suspect Günter Grass was a fan too. Meyn the trumpeter in "the tin drum" and his lifestyle.
……文笔。如果你打算读一本现代德语小说，千万要避开这家伙。去读汉德克或耶利内克，格拉维尼奇或克拉赫特，根哈德或伯尔吧。或者其他上百万作者中的任何一位都行。请千万别被任何人忽悠去买《铁皮鼓》。
…writing. If you're planning to read a modern German novel, avoid this guy at all cost. Read Handke or Jelinek, Glavinic or Kracht, Gernhard or Böll. Or any of a million others. Don't let anyone sell you the Tin Drum, please.