Reviews for Show & tell

The average rating for Show & tell based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-06-17 00:00:00 Bumann Kassian Cute, quick read.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-26 00:00:00 Erica Duvall Wow, these hungarian writers are really something! This book made me promise myself I'm going to read more hungarian literature in the future (Peter Nadas here I come). Peter Esterhazy is an amazing author and his writing is so profound, so striking (perhaps even erotic) and it deserves much more attention than it already has. I have to say I have no clue whether he's popular in Hungary; but damn, he should be popular everywhere. I don't know why, but when I first picked up this book, the style reminded me of Herta Muller's writing, but when I got into it, I realized that the atmosphere Esterhazy creates is completely different from Muller's gloomy tone. Everything in this book is witty and charming and it's sort of inviting you to push your boundaries towards something beautifully obscene. Anyway, it's a story about women and author seems to be in love with all of them. At first you get the impression that author is talking about his lover, but as story is revealed you realize that he is talking about god knows how many women. Every story is a little ode to his and hers love.