The Wall |
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Author:
| Haushofer, Marlen |
Narrated by:
| Mazur, Kathe |
ISBN: | 978-1-4708-4513-1 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Pre-recorded MP3 player |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
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'sThe 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 military experiment gone awry, she begins the terrifying work of not only survival but also self-renewal.The Wallis at once a simple and moving journal-with talk of potatoes and beans, of...
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'sThe 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 military experiment gone awry, she begins the terrifying work of not only survival but also self-renewal.The Wallis at once a simple and moving journal-with 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 twentieth-century history.