Paperback, 271 pages

Chinese language

Published April 1, 1999 by Warner Books.

ISBN:
978-0-446-67553-6
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OCLC Number:
910688244

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Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of the most popular books ever written: more than 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. Today, more than 60 years after its initial publication, its achievements are unparalleled, and it remains the most revered American saga and the most beloved work by an American writer...

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Well, that was a wild ride, wasn't it?

I'm not sure if I was supposed to like Scarlett O'Hara. I definitely DIDN'T like her, but it's such a mammoth book, to spend all that time loathing the main character, I wondered if I was supposed to like her, at least a bit. However, she's so unspeakably selfish, never kind unless she can get something she wants by feigning kindness, and unimaginably dense about what anyone else might be thinking or feeling, never mind why. Dense, but also, utterly disinterested.

I found Rhett Butler a much more interesting character. He shares many of her quirks, but he has vastly greater understanding, compassion and potential for kindness than she does. He's a proper anti-hero - he does terrible things, but also great things, an enigma of a man, whom Scarlett would have done well to study properly, instead of skimming over him as if he was as shallow as she …

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Ach, wie viel einfacher wäre es, diese Rezension zu schreiben, wenn der Roman nicht ganz und gar von Rassismus durchsetzt wäre. Aber man kann einfach nicht darüber hinwegsehen. Margaret Mitchell hat Jahrzehnte nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg quasi ein Manifest geschrieben, das die Sklaverei und den alten Süden verherrlicht und selbst den Ku Klux Klan in ein positives Licht stellt. Gott bewahre, dass jemand diesen Roman für bare Münze nimmt.

Auf der anderen Seite hat mich die Liebesgeschichte um Scarlett und Rhett Butler einfach umgehauen. Fiktionale Männer, die eine Frau mit vollem Herzen lieben und ihr jahrelang hinterherlaufen, sind einfach mein allerliebstes literarisches Motiv. Auch die anderen Figuren im Roman sind extrem gut gezeichnet und ich wurde einfach in die Geschichte hineingezogen. Voll und ganz, mit Haut und Haar habe ich tagelang quasi an Scarletts Seite gelebt und mitgefiebert.

Andere Leute haben hier schon viel bessere Rezensionen geschrieben, die all meine …

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