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A Hatred for Tulips
People who don’t have secrets imagine them as dark and hidden. It’s just the opposite. Secrets are bright. They light you up. Like the bare lightbulb left on in a cell day ... more
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- Posted: Jan-16-2009
A little gem
The writing in this book is beautifully simple and the story flows without effort. It is the kind of novel that one reads in one sitting. The clever title of the book ("A novel of Anne Frank") contributes to this because it (and the story line) gives you a hint of what to expect, but as in all...
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- Posted: Apr-25-2008
Old story, but new perspective from a very different angle
As I initially began the book, it felt like a translation that was not done very well. The sentences were stiff and non-descriptive. They seem to be from the mind of a teenager, not the 70 year old telling the story. It is an odd way to tell the story.As the story evolved, I said to myself...
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- Posted: Apr-21-2008
Very Interesting Book!
I don't read that many books but I read this book for my Senior Project. This book isn't one bit boring and always makes you wonder what else is going to happen! I encourage you read it!
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- Posted: Jan-28-2008
Interesting, but somewhat shallow, view of WWII Holland life
This book went by too fast and didn't develop relationships enough to entice me. I thought the father / son relationship, specifically, should have been more though. I was also a bit frightened by the rage the narrator expresses toward Anne Frank. "What's so great about her book? I don't see...
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- Posted: Nov-02-2007
Chilling, but lacking
This is a clever exploration of venality amongst ordinary people faced with surviving in wartime (WWII) Netherlands. It utilizes/exploits the reader's familiarity with the Anne Frank story. It is told from the point of view of a teenager, who begins as a would be resistance fighter, becomes a...
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- Posted: Oct-25-2007
A wonderful book
A great story that is wonderfully told. Richard Lourie has again done a masterful job.
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- Posted: Sep-26-2007
Excellent quality
This is a fine quality book from a fine dealer. Everything about the transaction was first rate.
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- Posted: Sep-05-2007
another voice is heard
Wow. This book is not about Anne Frank. She is just the excuse, the frame, the passage that leads us into another story. The story of the holocaust, the concentration camps, important though it may be, has been told. This is the story of a young man living throught WWII in an occupied...
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- Posted: Sep-01-2007
A Hatred For Tulips
A Hatred For Tulips, September 1, 2007By gerryb (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews If Breughel were a minimalist 21st century writer this might have been one of his books. It an easy and pleasurable read, almost casual in style, bit rich in incidental detail. The profoundly horrific...
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- Posted: Aug-23-2007
An outstanding read
Richard Lourie had a way of making me think I was reading nonfiction; I kept having to remind myself that this was not a true story; everything about it fit into history perfectly. It was one of those books that was very difficult to put down!
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