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Rechnitz and The Merchant´s Contracts
Elfriede Jelinek
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Description for Rechnitz and The Merchant´s Contracts
Paperback. In Rechnitz, a chorus of messengers reports on the circumstances of the massacre of 180 Jews, an actual historical event that took place near the Austrian/Hungarian border town of Rechnitz. The author brings us a comedy of economics, where the babble and media spin of spectators leave small investors alienated. Series: In Performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones, 1 dvd. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
For much of her career, Elfriede Jelinek has been maligned in the press for both her unrelenting critique of Austrian complicity in the Holocaust and her provocative deconstructions of pornography. Despite this, her central role in shaping contemporary literature was finally recognized in 2004 with the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee acknowledged Jelinek's groundbreaking work that offers a "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power." Although she is an internationally recognized playwright, Jelinek's work is difficult to find ... Read more
For much of her career, Elfriede Jelinek has been maligned in the press for both her unrelenting critique of Austrian complicity in the Holocaust and her provocative deconstructions of pornography. Despite this, her central role in shaping contemporary literature was finally recognized in 2004 with the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee acknowledged Jelinek's groundbreaking work that offers a "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power." Although she is an internationally recognized playwright, Jelinek's work is difficult to find ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
Series
In Performance
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857422255
SKU
V9780857422255
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About Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek was a leading member of Austria's first generation of post-World War II artists. Gitta Honegger is professor of theater at Arizona State University. She is the translator of Thomas Bernhard's The Making of an Austrian.
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