It was huge here in germany – I think it was the no. 1 fiction bestseller for 2 years. Re-watching the film made me enjoy it much more as I had re-read it just before seeing it at the cinema so then you’d make the inevitable comparisons.
I like both… the book was actually somewhat of a surprise in that many popular German novels of the last 30-40 years or so are just not v imaginative in their writing style so Suskind was a welcome relief from that.
That’s true: France has no real “hit” in literature anymore and the books that sell well are non-fiction, essays or superficial “good stories” books for mothers. More hilarious, a youtuber named Léna Situations got the BIGGEST book sell in years for a 90 pages book (with very big prints) with “advices” in fashion and “feeling good”. The very serious culture world in France and mostly Paris was puzzled and had no clue in how to explain this “success” for a book that’s mostly not gonna be read by the girls who bought it!
PS: thought you’d like to know, just caught my bf listening to Maruv :p
Good on your bf!
And LOL on the Infleuncer’s “book” – probably most of the people who bought it had never bought one before. I remember when I was in undergrad in Texas and took an English lit class, the prof asked “What’s the last book you read and what’s the last one you really liked?” and about 1/4 of the people in the class said sth. like “When I was in High School I had to read Lord of the flies and it was OK I guess.” One shudders to think what the answer would be today: “Book? You mean like Instagram stories?”
Oasis of Fear 
Pingback: Welcome to the International Film Group | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 177: Favourite Naomie Harris Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 178: Favourite Harrison Ford Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 179: Favourite Films of 1981 | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: Puzzle Time 2 | Oasis of Fear
Ooh I’ve seen that one: the book used to be a “new classic” in school here, and it seemed like every new highschooler who joined our uni had read it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It was huge here in germany – I think it was the no. 1 fiction bestseller for 2 years. Re-watching the film made me enjoy it much more as I had re-read it just before seeing it at the cinema so then you’d make the inevitable comparisons.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yeah, same. Though I’m not huge on either, they’re very good in that it brings interesting questions to a very accessible thriller
LikeLiked by 2 people
I like both… the book was actually somewhat of a surprise in that many popular German novels of the last 30-40 years or so are just not v imaginative in their writing style so Suskind was a welcome relief from that.
LikeLiked by 2 people
That’s true: France has no real “hit” in literature anymore and the books that sell well are non-fiction, essays or superficial “good stories” books for mothers. More hilarious, a youtuber named Léna Situations got the BIGGEST book sell in years for a 90 pages book (with very big prints) with “advices” in fashion and “feeling good”. The very serious culture world in France and mostly Paris was puzzled and had no clue in how to explain this “success” for a book that’s mostly not gonna be read by the girls who bought it!
PS: thought you’d like to know, just caught my bf listening to Maruv :p
LikeLiked by 2 people
Good on your bf!
And LOL on the Infleuncer’s “book” – probably most of the people who bought it had never bought one before. I remember when I was in undergrad in Texas and took an English lit class, the prof asked “What’s the last book you read and what’s the last one you really liked?” and about 1/4 of the people in the class said sth. like “When I was in High School I had to read Lord of the flies and it was OK I guess.” One shudders to think what the answer would be today: “Book? You mean like Instagram stories?”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: IFG Poll 180: Favourite Holly Hunter Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 181: Favourite Leonardo DiCaprio Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 182: Favourite Films of 1980 | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 183: Favourite Charlize Theron Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 184: Favourite Jeremy Irons Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 185: (Some of) The Best Films of the Decade – 1980s | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 186: Favourite Jennifer Lawrence Films | Oasis of Fear
Pingback: IFG Poll 187: Favourite Michael Douglas Films | Oasis of Fear