[ SECRET POST #2238 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2238 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Just the miserable outlook on humanity, I guess. I don't remember very well, just that I found it even more depressing than Metamorphosis. It was at the end of the semester while Metamorphosis was at the beginning, though, so that might partially have been cumulative.

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Spoilers for Besuch der alten Dame

I had exactly the same problem. It was so dark and hopeless. I mean Ill was a terrible person but still the whole concept of your whole home town turning against and killing you in the end is just so freaking terryfing and depressing. It was the same with Metamorphosis and Bahnwärter Thiel. It's just so depressing in the end. Seriously what is with German writers and depressing stories?!

[hwc]

The same teacher that made us read Metamorphosis also made us read Bahnwärter Thiel! I don't think I've read a single German classic that didn't have a depressing ending.

And our German teachers all used to wonder why we didn't like reading the classics in school.

[hwc]

If you ever feel like giving Dürrenmatt another try I'd recommend Romulus der Große. It's not as well known as DBdaD, but it doesn't have that bleak view of humanity. Of Dürrenmatt's works that I have read DBdaD is the worst in that regard, I think, but as a whole I'd say that Dürrenmatt isn't nearly as depressing (and rage-inducing, but that might just be me) as Kafka.

You know, come to think of it, most German ~classics~ are a hell of a lot depressing. I don't think I've read a single one in school that had a happy ending.