The question HOW GERMAN IS IT underlies the conduct and actions of the characters in Walter Abish's new novel, an icy panorama of contemporary Germany, in which the tradition of order and obedience, the patrimony of the saber and the castle on the Rhine, give way to the present, indiscriminate fascination with all things American. On his return from Paris to his home city of Wurtenburg, Ulrich Hargenau, whose father was executed for his involvement in the 1944 plot... >Voir plus
Cosa nostra est le nom de la mafia sicilienne. Elle est surnommée la Piovra (la « pieuvre ») pour ses réseaux tentaculaires. Quel roman évoque ce monde souterrain qui sape les fondations de l'Amérique. (indice : marionnette)