Comments on: Wonder by Hugo Claus http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/ Since 2004. The blog of the critic, writer, and editor, Scott Esposito Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: David Auerbach http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/#comment-4051 David Auerbach Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:09:23 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=6994#comment-4051 I was also impressed by this one. Quite odd and unexpected (I had somehow gone in thinking it'd be a bit like Wolfgang Koeppen. It isn't.) Did you know that Claus dated *Sylvia Kristel* for a few years in the 70s? I was also impressed by this one. Quite odd and unexpected (I had somehow gone in thinking it’d be a bit like Wolfgang Koeppen. It isn’t.) Did you know that Claus dated *Sylvia Kristel* for a few years in the 70s?

]]> By: Scott Esposito http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/#comment-4050 Scott Esposito Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:25:58 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=6994#comment-4050 Never apologize for a pun that good! Never apologize for a pun that good!

]]> By: Jeff Waxman http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/#comment-4049 Jeff Waxman Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:38:19 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=6994#comment-4049 This book is very high on my list for the award, too, Scott. Definitely some of the best prose I've encountered, and so densely written that Claus-trophobic is quite apt. I'm not sorry for that. I'm not. This book is very high on my list for the award, too, Scott. Definitely some of the best prose I’ve encountered, and so densely written that Claus-trophobic is quite apt.

I’m not sorry for that.

I’m not.

]]> By: Scott Esposito http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/#comment-4048 Scott Esposito Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:37:07 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=6994#comment-4048 It's Michael Henry Heim, and he's done a remarkable job. It’s Michael Henry Heim, and he’s done a remarkable job.

]]> By: Marian Schwartz http://conversationalreading.com/wonder-by-hugo-claus/#comment-4047 Marian Schwartz Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:30:35 +0000 http://conversationalreading.com/?p=6994#comment-4047 I was struck by how well written the English was. Who, may I ask, is the translator? I was struck by how well written the English was. Who, may I ask, is the translator?

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