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The Thirtieth Year: Stories

by Ingeborg Bachmann · 1961

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This is collection of the stories written by a distinguished Austrian author who died in 1973. Reading these stories entails abandoning the terms of one's own comfort. The author's relentless vision demands that readers allows themselves to be hypnotised, taken over by her repetitive cadences and burning images of grief and loss. And yet, in the beauty of her images there is a tremendous affirmation of the world.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisAustriaAustriaMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeanEuropeanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 195 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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