Title: The thirtieth year : stories /
Authors: Bachmann, Ingeborg, 1926-1973; Bullock, Michael,
Publisher: Holmes & Meier,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Bachmann, Ingeborg, Translations into English.; Short stories, Austrian Translations into English.; Austria Social life and customs Fiction.
Abstract: This is collection of the stories written by a distinguished German author who died in 1973. Reading these stories entails abandoning the terms of one's own comfort. The author's relentless vision demands that readers allows themselves to be hypnotised, taken over by her repetitive cadences and burning images of grief and loss. And yet, in the beauty of her images there is a tremendous affirmation of the world.
Contents: Introduction / Karen Achberger -- Youth in an Austrian town -- The thirtieth year -- Everything -- Among murderers and madmen -- A step towards Gomorrah -- A Wildermuth -- Undine goes.