Jonathan Littell, "loving" 
Mleczko was a picture: cat standing over the victim and crying because his bid to murder, and his metaphysics goes, beauty, poetry. This is more or less the main character - and the narrator - "gracious" Littell, books, which sharpened the claws long, because the volume, because the subject, because the controversy ... I can not tell me to be disappointed, but. Yeah, but.
Since we started with the main character of this topic is a pull. Reminded me of the executioner Mleczko, because the Nazi criminal, member of the SS, note, not a monster! He thinks! Feels! Is educated! Suprajz, suprajz. That is, by the way, an interesting treatment from Littell - Aue is highly reluctant to set the whole idea of \u200b\u200bthe Holocaust. I do not like him, as the Germans refer to the Jews. Does not correspond to his disregard other people (well, for Auego Jews are not pets - they are human beings), receiving his basic human needs like food and warmth. But, ironically, is the second Oscar Schindler or any other "good German." Aue, reluctantly he reluctantly agrees to Endlösung in the name of German citizenship. Our narrator even regrets what Germany has to move, to ensure the victory of National Socialism. But hey, the end justifies the means. Even when trying to coerce subordinates Aue, to give the prisoners food or hot clothing does not do it with a noble heart reflex - the prisoners are workers, they have to build a great crowd, so they should be kept in good repair as to be imparted to something. Those who can no longer work, you must kill - it's sad, but necessary, the Germans have to dirty their hands with blood that utopia could win. This is a definite plus in this book - Aue is not a monster, and is not a good man. Is a martinet, a German, as well as admirer of philosophy, literature and music. His unfulfilled dream is to play the piano. And hard to reconcile with the fact that instead of playing, he must shoot the subhuman. It is worth noting that he never finds that he did terrible things - his "confession" takes place after many years, but it has no remorse or guilt. This is what he did, for it is still valid.
addition Aue is gay (just to ...), which probably serves to standing out, that was not such an ideal Aryan type. Finally, for homosexuality too went to the gas. Aue is therefore an outsider, and while it is not. I have to appreciate such a character design, build it with contradictions.
problem with the character and lies in the fact that, if not his numerous deviations and the collapse of the background of war, would be deadly dull Aue. Apparently something is educated and thought, but in fact mean very little. In other words - the idea of \u200b\u200bconstruction was good, but the result came out a guy who mainly tudziez puking and having sex from time to time moaning that he has screwed.
author must admit that did their homework properly. You can see that freely moves in the topic of World War II, matters of the Third Reich and SS structures. Sometimes all too freely - from time to time a few pages could easily jump over, because I share a litany of changes subsequent steps in the army and descriptions of organizational structures, and the reader remains unoriented muzzy and wonders where she ran the story. As a consolation gets appended to the end a glossary of terms related to the Third Reich and the list of degrees in the SS, but a horse with a row of ago, who wants to jump every time at the end of the book and locate the word - I is not really wanted, not like every now and then stop reading .
book is over 1000 pages and it is unfortunately not an advantage. As the epic, to which the "loving" aspire, it is rather inelegant style. Littell, unfortunately, not able to kidnap moments pretty good literature turn suddenly in a rather unpleasant scribbler, which in turn transforms into the long side rather fine writing. Lacks drama, painterly, momentum - Littell could teach even the lightness of feathers from the familiar Sapkowski. There are scenes that make very good impression, but others simply read and then the reader realizes that they probably had somehow affected him. Littell clearly trying to experiment, there is a lot dream-like passages, some surrealism, extremely fond of naturalism and once it comes out it better and sometimes worse. For example: a few dreams, the hero of the story was necessary, a few have been thrown on a lower than przyłatał pinned.
I appreciate the very aptly, in my opinion, and consequently led to the establishment of Greek mythology. The title is obviously loving Furies who pursued Orestes' matricide. This is one of the strongest in this book, but I personally love to get this type.
From what I wrote above, someone could come to the conclusion that "loving" does not deserve more attention. Not at all. I would not call them epic, I would not call great literature, but is a solid (literally) a decent piece of fiction, which can sometimes weary, but it really sucks and often read it with bated breath. On the one hand, we astonish abomination, which may in some way to hypnotize the other - try to answer the question which is repeated like an echo from World War II - why? whether in fact these people are people dealt this fate? Littell does not propose any revolutionary solution for us, I even feel that fails to respond. I guess he Aue, engrossed in their mental problems, does not know what really happens. Maybe the answer is required from the reader. And you try to respond to it, reaching this position. Despite their - many, I will not say - flawed "loving" I would call almost a must for someone who enjoys what such familiarity in the contemporary literature. This powerful 1000 pages of hell and the devil, who, after all it is a creature of God.
