Almost 1 book, almost 1 life
By: Elfriede Czurda ; translated from the German by Rosmarie Waldrop
Contributors: Waldrop, Rosmarie
Series: Dichten = -- no. 14; Dichten = -- no. 14.
Publisher: Burning Deck/Anyart; Distributors, Small Press Distribution
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Providence, RI; Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781936194124
Subjects: Translations into English
Other titles: Almost one book, almost one life; Almost 1 life; Almost one life
Work titles: Poems
Description: "This volume contains almost all of Elfriede Czurda's first book (with the untranslatable title ein griff = eingriff inbegriffen) and all of her second, Fast 1 Leben. Czurda comes out of the Wiener Gruppe's experimental tradition. She is especially fond of letting repetition and permutation shift words through their whole gamut of meanings--and sometimes beyond. However, she is also not averse to thumbing her nose at any rigidities, even those of the experimental imperative. In ALMOST 1 LIFE (novella? politico-cultural satire?), the ruling avant-garde has licenced "monomania" as official language and punishes misuse by expelling the offender--into reality. Which is where Czurda positions herself. She combines exploring language with exploring the social power structures embedded in it--all with lots of fun and humor."--Publisher description.
Notes: Poems.

"Originally published as ein griff=eingriff inbegriffen, Berlin: Rainer Verlag, 1978, and Fast 1 Leben: Ein Fragment, Vienna: Friebord, 1981"--T.p. verso.