Women as Lovers (Masks) - Softcover

Jelinek, Elfriede

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852422378 ISBN 13: 9781852422370

Verlag: Serpent's Tail, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Jelinek Elfriede

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Críticas:

A chilling and truthful vision of women's precarious position in a society still dominated by money and men (Kirkus Reviews)

With formidable power, intelligence and skill she draws on the full arsenal of derision. Her dense writing is obsessive almost to the point of being unbearable. It hits you in the guts, yet is clinically precise (Le Monde)

Jelinek's jaundiced view of love and marriage in the claustrophobic surroundings of rural Austria seem close to Karl Marx's view that marriage in bourgeois society is little more than legalised prostitution... Like Thomas Bernhard and the turn-of-the-century satirist Karl Kraus, Jelinek belongs to a long line of Austrian literary outsiders who, while relentlessly satirising the hypocrisy of their native bourgeois culture, have been clasped firmly to the establishment's bosom as cherished examples of Austria's enduring excellence in the arts. (The European)

Demystifying the idea of love and romance, post-modernist/feminist author Jelinek brings to light some feminist interests in terms of work, love, marriage, perception of life, happiness, etc, through the contrasting stories of her two protagonists (Library Journal)

Reseña del editor:

The setting is an idyllic Alpine village where a woman's underwear factory nestles in the woods. Two factory workers, Brigitte and Paula, dream and talk about finding happiness, a comfortable home and a good man. They realize that their quest will be as hard as work at the factory. Brigitte subordinates her feelings and goes for for Heinz, a young, plump, up-and-coming businessman. With Paula, feelings and dreams become confused. She gets pregnant by Erich, the forestry worker. He's handsome, so they marry. Brigitte gets it right. Paula gets it wrong. Using the conventions and language of romantic fiction, Elfriede Jelinek has written a moving tragedy whose power lies in its refusal to take at face value its characters' dreams and aspirations.

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• Verlag: Serpent's Tail
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1852422378
• ISBN 13: 9781852422370
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208