Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink on Writing The Weekend and the Short Story "The Little Fling"

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Bernard Schlink's writing mezmerised me. The subject mezmorized me. The writing and subject were the beacons in this little book because in the excerpt of "The Weekend" there were so many characters, even in the 20 some odd pages of the book's beginning I didn't know who was who. Because of the two only beacons this book had, I wasn't forced to go back and find who was speaking, who was the character in the scene because the pace, the beauty of the prose flowed so effortlessly.

One flaw I found was there wasn't a clear indication of where the short story began. I thought I was still on "The Weekend". Since it was an ebook I'm sure missing the break was an easy thing to do.

They say the many character strands are tied up at the end of "The Weekend" so 4*s for the prose, the subject, and being skilled enough to tie up that mess soundly.

Bernhard Schlink on Writing The Weekend and the Short Story "The Little Fling"

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