Transit by Anna Seghers

Transit

Anna Seghers

290 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 concentrat...

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Community Reviews

3.64
based on 459 reviews

Moods

reflective: 70%

sad: 48%

challenging: 41%

emotional: 36%

tense: 33%

dark: 28%

informative: 25%

adventurous: 20%

mysterious: 16%

hopeful: 8%

funny: 6%

inspiring: 6%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
34% of readers chose medium
62% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
37% of readers chose A mix
49% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

36% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
24% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
43% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

30% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
45% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

54% of readers chose Yes
30% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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