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by Russell Hoban (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (2 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747556415
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747556411
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 324,940 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A tour de force... entirely delightful' Auberon Waugh, Evening Standard; On a day like any other, Kleinzeit gets fired, is booked into hospital for a recurring pain, falls in love with a beautiful night sister, and finds himself pitched headlong into a wild and flickering world of mystery...; 'Masterly... a mosaic in which each tiny fragment of wit or dirt or profundity has its appointed place' TLS; 'Outstanding... brimming with humanity and humour... brilliant' Glasgow Herald; 'An original... a delight to read' The Times

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5.0 out of 5 stars I, the undesigned, agree that . . ., 18 Oct 1998
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This review is from: Kleinzeit (Picador Books) (Paperback)
. . . this book is great. Kleinzeit (German for Small Time) ends up in hospital with a pain in his hypotenuse (it flashes from A to B) - which can be removed as its only there to keep his angle right. His subsequent adventures lead him via Orpheus, Death and yellow paper into doing somethin which he has to do (or which has to do him). Plays with our idea of things by getting inanimate objects to speak, by having Kienzeit going to where the music is and playing it, by substituting mathematical and musical terms for medical ones and other delightful devices. However, it's not all language games - it hints at the other reality we can't make sense of but is somehow important. If you read it too fast you miss the sheer poetry which underlies the tour-de-force of crafty prose. The most moving part, for me, is when Death gives Kleinzeit the ability to once (just once) draw a perfect circle. The first Hoban book I read and which started me on a love affair with all the others. Worth reading if you liked Riddley Walker or if you're looking for an easier way in to Hoban's work.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant. Buy It! Read It! Enjoy It!, 31 Dec 2001
By Iain White "chalky" (Thai Beach) - See all my reviews
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Its a little funny writing a review of a book I first read about 20 years ago.

This was the first Russel Hoban book I had read and started me into his other works - Lion of ..., Riddley Walker, Medusa Frequency, Turtle Diary etc.

What I particularly enjoyed was his ability to combine great story telling with imaginative, language creation. Probably this work does it better and makes it more easily accessible than some of his other works. If like me you tried reading Riddly Walker and found it has almost impossible to understand without reading it loud and listening to your own voice, you'll find this much easier and no less rewarding.

I've recommended this book to dozens of friends and often lent them my copy, only to get some excuse why they were unable to return it. if you like sharing your books, i suggest you buy several copies ... you'll want to reread it and even your best friends are going to want to keep it!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Dated, but somehow in a very good way!, 14 Mar 2007
By Sam J. Ruddock (Norwich, England) - See all my reviews
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This book taught me one valuable lesson, one lesson that everyone must learn at some point in their lives: there are no rules. The only limit to writing is the extent of our imagination. This novel is a little dated, full of that brown coloured optimism of 1970's middle class lifestyle. But that is not a drawback. Somewhere in this bizarre novel, where inanimate objects spring to life and divulge their wildest machinations, and pain is an expression of geometric mathematics, there lurks a world of blank orange paper with endless possibilities and the promise of a wonderful tomorrow.
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