Friday, 11 September 2015

The Clown – Heinrich Böll



The horror. I remember my jaw dropping, and my heart sinking, as I was reading this book as a (very pretentious and yet somehow dramatically uncool) teenager but I now can’t remember a thing about the book.

Going through the Wikipedia synopsis, I have the feeling that maybe I loved the book for the way in which Hans’s life is essentially destroyed by the Catholic Church, one way or another. Or maybe it made me feel happy to read about his sentimental fiascos at a time in which I pretty much couldn’t get close to a girl unless I paid her (figuratively speaking, by the way).

Unfortunately, since I can’t remember much, “all those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain” (luckily, it’s not time to die, hopefully at least).

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