If it's true; but Franz, why he's a bit stupid, he let's 'em do anything with him. That's why they threw him out of the car. That's the kind of fellows they are. That's the kind of society he goes with. (Döblin, A. Berlin Alexanderplatz. p. 269. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Continuum, 2004).
This is yet another book that had been lying in my shelf for some years. It took me long to finish reading it. Sometimes I did not have the determination to sit down to read, some other times the way the book was written made me not want to read it. Most of the time it was the way the book is written. It is too reflective, and the plot is constantly interrupted by these meditations on ghastly thoughts.
The book is about Franz Biberkopf who is recently discharged from jail and is determined to live an honest life. But he does not manage to live an honest life, all the contrary happens. Throughout the book he sees himself involved in a myriad of cirmes, mostly because he is unable to assess the consequences of his actions and cannot tell between right or wrong. Franz surrounds himself with ghastly people who, in seeing how naïve he is, trick him into committing crimes. This makes me think about how when a person is under a depression spell he cannot see beyond his own feelings and cannot see what the path to solving his problems is. It is not until one is experiencing some calmness that the answer becomes clear, but it is still up to us to take the very difficult decision to change our ways. To leave the path we had been following and decide to make a radical change of course.
I am not sure I would recommend reading this book. Depression is indeed a serious matter and we should all know what it is and how to overcome it. But perhaps there are better ways to learn about this topic.
This is yet another book that had been lying in my shelf for some years. It took me long to finish reading it. Sometimes I did not have the determination to sit down to read, some other times the way the book was written made me not want to read it. Most of the time it was the way the book is written. It is too reflective, and the plot is constantly interrupted by these meditations on ghastly thoughts.
The book is about Franz Biberkopf who is recently discharged from jail and is determined to live an honest life. But he does not manage to live an honest life, all the contrary happens. Throughout the book he sees himself involved in a myriad of cirmes, mostly because he is unable to assess the consequences of his actions and cannot tell between right or wrong. Franz surrounds himself with ghastly people who, in seeing how naïve he is, trick him into committing crimes. This makes me think about how when a person is under a depression spell he cannot see beyond his own feelings and cannot see what the path to solving his problems is. It is not until one is experiencing some calmness that the answer becomes clear, but it is still up to us to take the very difficult decision to change our ways. To leave the path we had been following and decide to make a radical change of course.
I am not sure I would recommend reading this book. Depression is indeed a serious matter and we should all know what it is and how to overcome it. But perhaps there are better ways to learn about this topic.
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