Talk:Stasiland

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[edit] Tagged as advert

After reading this article, I found it not to be subjective enough for an encyclopedia article. A number of the parts of this article sound like obvious advertising, such as "Stasiland has been lauded for powerfully using literary techniques in the writing of non-fiction, and variously described as ‘a dark, stylish narrative’ (The Age Book of the Year Awards) and ‘a masterpiece of investigative reporting’ (Sunday Times)," and "Stasiland is a moving investigation of extraordinary human conscience and courage in the face of totalitarianism." True, it needs some minor cleanup in other ways, but I think the advertising issue should be resolved first. Keith Davies Lehwald 23:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Why not read the book before deciding if the laudatory remarks of the critic's prizes are justified? It won pretty much every prize for Australian writing and the quotes are pretty much directly from the prize's commendations and from the reviews in major newspapers. I have read the book and the quotes are a fair summary of the style and substance of the book. If they are extraordinary quotes, it is because this is an extraordinary book. Best wishes, Glen Gdt 13:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

While I tend to agree, it does seem a little breathless..I should think that all the awards would speak for themselves without additional adjectives. timgraham 13:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)