The Wall

(4.5?) I've been loving character driven survivalist stories following older female characters. This one left me devastated as they all seem to... (view spoiler)[Of course a man had to ruin it all 🙄 (hide spoiler)]......more

groundbreaking feminist literary classics is like my family. i expected more of an Anarchist Feminist vibe from this one, and instead what i got was kind of a grown-up version of the kind of island of the blue dolphins / boxcar children type kiddie survivalist classics i used to buy three for a dolla......more

Walden meets an animal novel that´s throwing around pieces of sexism, social criticism, and truths about human nature and thereby owns patriarchy, tradition, conservatism, and established mental degeneration Alone in the woods, but haunted by human memories The protagonist could be happy, especially......more

[Original review, Dec 9 2019] This is a fantastic novel, hard as a diamond and with a premise as unforgettable as Gregor Samsa's transformation into a giant cockroach. The anonymous narrator is visiting friends in a remote area. A few pages in, her hosts leave her alone in their hunting lodge and hea......more

I discovered Marlen Haushofer’s ‘The Wall’ through a friend's review of the film version of the book. It looked like a dystopian novel and I also suspected that Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ was inspired by Haushofer’s book in some ways. Something about the book tugged at my heart, and I couldn’t......more