Try as I might, and I have tried really hard, I cannot get into this book. The
author eschews the idea of family trees and chronological narratives which
makes life quite difficult. Danubia has been hailed as extremely funny.
Have I missed the joke? For me it is just too quirky and confusing and he
takes the reader's knowledge too much for granted. Better perhaps to read
this on holiday in latter day Hapsburg dominions.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 72 Spring 2014 ) |
