it's a beautiful, lyrical novel translated from German, which made it more interesting for me. not your mass-market page turner, very intellectual.
This is a quick read, and somewhat interesting. Definitely not one of my favorites, but it's got a good story to tell, I think. Please be aware, this copy does have a BookCrossing sticker on the inside cover -- it came with the book when I received it. That in no way requires you to register the book at BookCrossing.com, but I don't think it's really removable.