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Unique short literary novel about an oddball academic couple (randomly) murdered on a beach.
The novel covers the six days in which their bodies lie in the sand, nibbled on by animals, decomposing in the salty air, while we learn about the history of their relationship. I normally don't like "portrait of a marriage" things, but this is VERY good. Gross in parts, but literary gross!
— Aug 19, 2025 03:42AM
The novel covers the six days in which their bodies lie in the sand, nibbled on by animals, decomposing in the salty air, while we learn about the history of their relationship. I normally don't like "portrait of a marriage" things, but this is VERY good. Gross in parts, but literary gross!
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Don't think I've ever read a novel like this one. Very praiseworthy in its subject and approach, but with a couple of writing/style flaws that will probably place it at 4 stars, not 5, as the topic would deserve.
— Aug 24, 2025 01:59PM
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Very much enjoying this slow, but unique, take on change, death and nature. The scientific gaze of the two murdered zoologists is so much more interesting than the romantic or "normal" natural descriptions one normally finds in nature-heavy novels.
— Aug 23, 2025 12:18PM
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Aug 19, 2025 03:51AM
Scheint ja die ideale Strandlektüre zu sein 😁
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Cool. In my town, they have a morbid pagan winter festival. On one event, we were taken out in a dinghy to the middle of the harbour and listened to a recording about the process of a body decaying in the water. Crab-nibbling and all. This book seems to do that too.
Unique angle on the "portrait of a marriage" trope, and possibly applicable to many "live" couples. Glad you're enjoying the angle 🧚♀️🙋🏼.
Ernst wrote: "Scheint ja die ideale Strandlektüre zu sein 😁"🤣🤣🤣 Haargenau!
Sportyrod wrote: "Cool. In my town, they have a morbid pagan winter festival. On one event, we were taken out in a dinghy to the middle of the harbour and listened to a recording about the process of a body decaying..."it does, just not in the water....🤢
Valerie Book Valkyrie wrote: "Unique angle on the "portrait of a marriage" trope, and possibly applicable to many "live" couples. Glad you're enjoying the angle 🧚♀️🙋🏼."Evil, Val, evil. 😉😂
