A quietly life-affirming study of the passage from childhood to old age of an unassuming man, shortlisted for the International Booker
Tag Archives: 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
Review no 104: Viennese artists Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
The contrasting work of artists Klimt and Schiele
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.
Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art 