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Tag Archives: austria

A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (Austria)

A quietly life-affirming study of the passage from childhood to old age of an unassuming man, shortlisted for the International Booker

Posted byimogenglad4th Nov 2021Posted inbookTags: #novnov, austria, book review, books, Europe, fiction, germanlitmonth, novella, novellasinnovember, novnov, snowy, translated literature13 Comments on A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (Austria)

Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)

Historical fiction, taking in mysticism, folk tale and the 17th century’s Thirty Years War, with a light touch and sly humour

Posted byimogenglad11th Jul 202111th Jul 2021Posted inbook, UncategorizedTags: austria, books, Daniel Kehlmann, Europe, fiction, germany, translated literature, Tyll4 Comments on Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)

Review no 104: Viennese artists Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

The contrasting work of artists Klimt and Schiele

Posted byimogenglad12th Sep 20202nd Feb 2021Posted inartTags: art exhibitions, artists, austria, European artists, Vienna4 Comments on Review no 104: Viennese artists Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

Review no 67: The Wall by Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer (1920-70)

My review of a 60s novel of life in an Austrian feminist-lite dystopia – can’t be worse than anything we’re experiencing right now can it? Oh, wait.

Posted byimogenglad19th Apr 20204th Jun 2020Posted inbookTags: austria, Europe, translated literature, women_in_translation2 Comments on Review no 67: The Wall by Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer (1920-70)

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