Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann (English) Paperback Book

Description: Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann A stunning feminist classic from one of the great European postwar intellectuals, published in the UK for the very first timeI was subordinate to him from the beginning, and I must have known early on that he was destined to be my doomA woman in Vienna walks a tightrope between the two men in her life. There is her lover Ivan, beautiful and unavailable, who obsesses her. And there is Malina, the civil servant with whom she shares an apartment- reserved, fastidious, exacting, chillingly calm. As the balance of power between them starts to shift, she feels her fragile identity unravelling, gradually revealing the dark, bruised heart of her past.Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Bachmanns 1971 masterpiece brings us to the broken heart of human experience, eros, neurosis and history.Introduced by Rachel Kushner. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) was an icon of postwar literature in Europe. A poet and a philosopher, she wrote radio plays, short stories, essays and a single novel universally recognized as her masterwork, Malina.Born in 1926 in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bachmann was the daughter of a Nazi party member. She rose to prominence in the 1950s with two collections of poems that grapple with what she considered to be the jarring dissonance of writing poetry in German "after Auschwitz". She steadily produced poetry and philosophical essays, as well as co-writing two operas and a ballet, and becoming politically involved with Heinrich Boll, Gunter Grass and Uwe Johnson against the Vietnam War. She was the constant subject of interviews, documentaries, and dissertations, and featured the front covers of Der Spiegel. She won all the major German and Austrian literary awards, including the prestigious Georg Buchner prize. But she was a naturally shy person and, sick of the sustained attention to her life and work, she left Austria for Ischia, then Naples, then Munich, Zurich, Berlin and finally Rome. In her final years she became dependent on alcohol and sedatives; she died in a fire in her bedroom in 1973, which police concluded was caused by a lit cigarette.Since her death she has been recognized as a significant influence on such writers as G nter Grass, Max Frisch, Christa Wolf, and Peter Handke. The annual Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is one of the most important awards for literature in the German language. Review A portrait, in language, of female consciousness, truer than anything written since Sapphos Fragment 31. Once youre in, youre in ... Youre racing along, deep in the rhythms of the narrators thoughts, which are bone-true and demonically intelligent -- Rachel Kushner, author of THE MARS ROOMIf I was permitted to keep one book only it would be Malina. Malina has everything -- Claire-Louise Bennett, author of PONDA writer of genius * The New York Times *Rare and strong * Los Angeles Times *It seems in Malina there is nothing Bachmann cannot do with words * New York Review of Books *A passionate tour de force * Village Voice * Promotional Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Bachmanns 1971 masterpiece brings us to the broken heart of human experience, eros, neurosis and history. Review Text A portrait, in language, of female consciousness, truer than anything written since Sapphos Fragment 31. Once youre in, youre in ... Youre racing along, deep in the rhythms of the narrators thoughts, which are bone-true and demonically intelligent Review Quote A writer of genius Promotional "Headline" A stunning feminist classic from one of the great European postwar intellectuals, published in the UK for the very first time Details ISBN0241366240 Author Ingeborg Bachmann Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Penguin Modern Classics Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 0241366240 ISBN-13 9780241366240 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German DEWEY 833.914 Publication Date 2019-06-27 Pages 304 UK Release Date 2019-06-27 Alternative 9780241366257 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-06-26 AU Release Date 2019-06-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123800941;

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