With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany.
The book is a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical and psychological, of its narrator's body and mind. It is difficult to overstate the raunchiness of the novel. Wetlands opens in a hospital room after an intimate shaving accident. It gives a detailed topography of Helen's hemorrhoids, continues into the subject of anal intercourse and only gains momentum from there, eventually reaching avocado pits as objects of female sexual satisfaction and - here is where the debate kicks in - just possibly female empowerment. Clearly the novel has struck a nerve, catching a wave of popular interest in renewing the debate over women's roles and image in society.
© 2009 Fourth Estate (Ljudbok): 9780007328451
Översättare: Tim Mohr
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 25 juni 2009
With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany.
The book is a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical and psychological, of its narrator's body and mind. It is difficult to overstate the raunchiness of the novel. Wetlands opens in a hospital room after an intimate shaving accident. It gives a detailed topography of Helen's hemorrhoids, continues into the subject of anal intercourse and only gains momentum from there, eventually reaching avocado pits as objects of female sexual satisfaction and - here is where the debate kicks in - just possibly female empowerment. Clearly the novel has struck a nerve, catching a wave of popular interest in renewing the debate over women's roles and image in society.
© 2009 Fourth Estate (Ljudbok): 9780007328451
Översättare: Tim Mohr
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 25 juni 2009
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31 aug. 2022
It’s a wild story about a girl, her sexuality and her relationships. Weird, gross, and stomach turning at times. Tender, relatable and sweet other times. Highly recommend, but be warned.
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10 mars 2010
Bisarr, rolig och omtalad bok! Äcklande, ja, men inte provocerande. Perfekt uppläsare!
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