The Wall |
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Author:
| Haushofer, Marlen |
ISBN: | 978-1-306-43500-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
Publisher: | Start Publishing LLC
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Imprint: | Cleis Press |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $20.34 |
Book Description:
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I can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead writes the heroine of Marlen Haushofer s "The Wall," a quite ordinary, unnamed middle-aged woman who awakens to find she is the last living human being. Surmising her solitude is the result of a too successful military experiment, she begins the terrifying work of not only survival, but self-renewal. "The Wall" is at once a simple and moving talk of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a...
More DescriptionI can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead writes the heroine of Marlen Haushofer s "The Wall," a quite ordinary, unnamed middle-aged woman who awakens to find she is the last living human being. Surmising her solitude is the result of a too successful military experiment, she begins the terrifying work of not only survival, but self-renewal. "The Wall" is at once a simple and moving talk of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one s name and a disturbing meditation on 20th century history."