I found the prose and the story line stiff and not very interesting. I'm scratching my head as to what makes this an award winner. ( )

Has a very authentic 'feel' to it. The story is well done but the details are just as interesting. An orphan boy is sent from the city to live with his uncle in a faraway rural village. The cart driver abandons the boy at a turn-off in the middle of the night. Lost, half-frozen and barely conscious, someone discovers and carries him to his uncle's door. Thoughout the book, one gets a taste of village life and eventually finds no one - not family, friends or enemies - is quite what they initially seem. ( )

ist toolll dieses Buch! ( )