Transit by Anna Seghers

Transit

Anna Seghers with Stuart Evers (Contributor), Margot Bettauer Dembo (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics informative reflective sad slow-paced
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Anna Seghers’s Transit is an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight.      Having escaped from a Nazi conce...

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Community Reviews Summary of 330 reviews

Moods

reflective 72%
sad 45%
challenging 40%
emotional 40%
tense 29%
dark 27%
informative 27%
adventurous 18%
hopeful 11%
mysterious 11%
inspiring 9%
funny 6%

Pace

slow 61%
medium 36%
fast 2%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 46% | A mix: 38% | Plot: 12% | N/A: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

No: 42% | It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 45% | Yes: 27% | It's complicated: 21% | N/A: 6%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 32% | No: 8% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.57

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