{"product_id":"the-fifth-year","title":"The Fifth Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Marlen Haushofer\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Shaun Whiteside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Effortlessly poignant. Haushofer's prose is like clear lake water: clean, crisp, seemingly simple yet with surprising depths. This novella's translation from German to English was worth the 75-year wait.\" —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Finally available to English-language readers thanks to Shaun Whiteside’s precise translation… Haushofer inserts sharp observations about religion, gender inequity, overwhelming grief, and looming dangers. Haushofer expertly, poignantly unearths life beneath the surface.\" —Terry Hong, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A dreamy novella... In\u003cem\u003e The Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e, childhood bliss is edged with intimations of sorrow. Marili's is an honest sadness, slightly comic, but admirable in its intensity.\" —Becca Rothfeld\u003cem\u003e, London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting story of a childhood in the Austrian countryside from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year \u003c\/em\u003efollows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents’ farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili’s parents have died in the war, and she is left to discover—with curiosity, wonder, and fear—the beauty and darkness of a quiet pastoral life. Sinister elements lurk beneath the surface of\u003cem\u003e The Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e, in Marili’s dreams and fantasies, and this deceptively simple tale of childhood, told in effervescent and evocative prose, bubbles to life in Marlen Haushofer’s inimitably alarming style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e80 pages\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions, 2026\u003cbr\u003e7.25 x 4.5 x 0.25 inches \u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780811239981\u003cbr\u003eFiction, Novella \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67592134197416,"sku":"9780811239981","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/The-Fifth-Year__Marlen-Hauhofer.jpg?v=1791063068","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fifth-year","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}