The Fox Was Ever the Hunter

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This book is a must read for anyone born after 1990 and who did not witness the horrors of the brutal communist dictatorship in Eastern Europe, in Romania in particular.Herta Muller who was born and lived in Romania before emigrating to Germany has witnessed these years of terror before 1989 and captured them in this fascinating book.Dear young readers, please do read this book, so that the horrors of communism will not happen again.

I am reading all of Herta Muller's books that have been translated into English, given her status as a displaced German originally living in Romania and, frankly, also as a Nobel Prize winner. (Nobel Prize committee as reviewers of the first order.) Though fiction, Muller's books provide unvarnished insights into the challenges of living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.The Hunger Angel is notable for how thoroughly it describes life in a prison camp, and yes, the feeling of being hungry all the time, for weeks and months.The Fox Was Ever the Hunter has an interesting cast of characters set at a difficult time and in a place rarely described--Romania before the fall of Ceausescu. The book is much more than an ensemble portrayal: I encourage readers to read all the way through the end.Then you will want to look up a bit of history.

Arresting tale of post WW2 life behind the Iron Curtain. Interesting insight as life as seen through the eyes of a young woman during those unreal and bizarre years.

I found this to be a tedious book. I know quite a bit about Romania which is why I picked it up. But her style is simply not for me.A brief except "The ant has the head of a pin, the sun can't find any place to burn. The sun stings. The ant loses its way."If pages like this appeal to you, read on. I found it boring.

It was interesting ...difficult to read a first as it jumps around alot but ended up liking it!