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The desintegration of a family

Advantages: language beauty, nice narration
Disadvantages: no

When I started to read the Buddenbrooks, I thought it will be a boring but. But then, after the 20 pages of long descriptions, I got really into the story about a rich family whose cycle will be seen throughout generations, i.e. three generations of the f ...

Kliki 25.08.2010 · Read full review
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