At the Writing Desk
Subtitle: Alpine Saga, Travelogue, Acts of Vengeance
By: By Werner Kofler ; Translated by Lauren K. Wolfe
Contributors: Wolfe, Lauren K., translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Champaign
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781628970043
Work titles: Am Schreibtisch
Description: Installed behind his desk with notebook, ashtray, whiskey, and "several typewriters of various calibers," Werner Kofler embarks on a tour not through space but through literature, and through his abortive attempts at producing a work he can call his own. "Art must destroy reality," he trumpets, yet, in the spirit of his "beloved Beckett," each failed attempt at the writing desk only drives the effort endlessly, angrily on. The first English translation of a central figure in Austrian fiction, At the Writing Desk is a battle cry against every cultural and literary status quo --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.