It was an excellent book and can't help but loose a lot in the translations. Why haven't you read it? I'm reading another good one called "Middlesex." Don't remember the author. It's fascinating story about a Greek immigrant family with problems and concerns above the usual immigrant story. The writer has a very intertaining style. --- <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote: > "White Oleander" is next in my Netflix queue. So, at least I can > tell you what > the movie version is like; of course, I have never read the book. In a Vienna hotel: "In case of fire, do your best to alarm the hotel porter." --0-915501813-1115175516=:16616--