{"product_id":"malina","title":"Malina","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ingeborg Bachmann\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Philip Boehm\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Rachel Kushner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bachmann's only novel—set in Vienna and first published in 1971—takes on the vexed struggle between the sexes in a decaying city. Dense, compelling, often weirdly funny, a dark fairy tale told as a murder mystery. Rewarding and highly recommended.\"—\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the astonishing desolation and wonder that is Ingeborg Bachmann’s \u003cem\u003eMalina\u003c\/em\u003e... there is no certain narrative, but there are many, deeply internalised, stories.\"—Nicci Gerard, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An existential portrait, a work of desperate obsession, a proto-feminist classic, and one of the most jagged renderings of female consciousness European literature has produced.\"—Dustin Illingworth, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMalina\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in German in 1971, Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) invites the reader into a world stretched to the very limits of language. An unnamed narrator, a writer in Vienna, is torn between two men: viewed through the tilting prism of obsession, she travels further into her own madness, anxiety, and genius.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMalina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores love, “deathstyles,” the roots of fascism, and passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fascism is the first thing in the relationship between a man and a woman, and I attempted to say that here in this society there is always war. There isn’t war and peace, there’s only war.“—Ingeborg Bachmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e283 pages\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions; Reprint edition, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1971\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.6 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780811228725\u003cbr\u003eMetaphysical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29811623034952,"sku":"9780811228725","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Malina_Ingeborg-Bachmann.jpg?v=1590778659","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/malina","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}