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Hannah Tillich (1896–1988)

Autor(a) de From Time to Time

4 Works 96 Membros 2 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Tillich Hannah

Obras de Hannah Tillich

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1896
Data de falecimento
1988-10-27
Sexo
female
Relacionamentos
Tillich, Paul (husband)

Membros

Resenhas

This is a very strange little book. The simplest explanation is that it is the story of a marriage. It is formal in tone, with strange, quasi-erotic passages and sort of a mystery. The narrative voice is dispassionate, giving no emotional overtones to events and devoid of empathy for the characters. Short, 145 pages, it is almost like reading the summary of a longer novel. Maybe the best description for the story is "politely grotesque." As one character says near the end of the book, "It was all a freak show, nothing but a freak show."

When I looked Hannah Tillich up on the web, I found her obituary in the New York Times. She was married to theologian Paul Tillich. After he died, she wrote a memoir detailing his sexual escapades. Presumably this book, The Harbor Mouse, is an emotional portrait of how she felt about their marriage and life together.
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TallyDi | Mar 11, 2010 |
Free spirit, narcissist, a bit of a light weight. But gives some context to the notorious scandal of Paul Tillich's sexual adventures. She was participating in this open marriage fully.
 
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fundoshi | Sep 1, 2006 |

Estatísticas

Obras
4
Membros
96
Popularidade
#196,089
Avaliação
3.0
Resenhas
2
ISBNs
5

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