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Books by Ralf Isau

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Das Jahrhundertkind

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 1999 ¡ read 2005-06-01
★★★★★
Generally, I dislike the way Isau does magic, the way he does characters, the arcs of his stories. They feel … sticky, for lack of a better world, as if he's always trying to do something to the reader, convert us? This is still true for th
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Der weiße Wanderer

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2001 ¡ read 2005-03-01
★★★☆☆
Third part, third quarter of the century: 1950-1975. Less impressive than the beginning, but not slowing down.
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Der Wahrheitsfinder

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2000 ¡ read 2005-04-01
★★★☆☆
Second part of the amazing saga, covering the years from 1925 until 1950. Still intriguing, but nowhere near the first part.
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Der unsichtbare Freund

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2001 ¡ read 2005-09-01
★★★☆☆
Ending the huge century saga, and going out with a bang. Not sure I like the ending, mind you, but I respect it for being audacious and doing something different for once.
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Der Herr der Unruhe

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2004 ¡ read 2016-11-13
★★★☆☆
Magical realism in Mussolini's Italy: Our protagonist can talk to machines. A bit cheap with the Romeo and Juliet arc, but the descriptions and research are, as always with Isau, top notch.
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Pala und die seltsame VerflĂźchtigung der Worte

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2002 ¡ read 2004-11-01
★★☆☆☆
Pala is a book about language, about literature, about poetry – and yet, I didn't really like it. Maybe it's that I had high expectations from Franz Fühmann's masterwork, or that it just felt like it was trying too hard. Whatever it was, de
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Die Träume des Jonathan Jabbok

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 1995 ¡ read 2007-10-01
★☆☆☆☆
Too much christian undertones, overtones, and everything in between. Very Narnia style.
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Der Galerie der Lßgen, oder, Der unachtsame Schläfer

by Ralf Isau ¡ published 2005 ¡ read 2017-01-28
★☆☆☆☆
Horrid amounts of weirdly religious propaganda... Very similar to Narnia, only for adults.