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Bad Words

Ilse Aichinger

A book that stands out particularly in the idiosyncrasy of Aichinger’s oeuvre as a whole. Experimental prose is divided into two parts. The first part contains short texts that are more reflections than narratives; in the second part, they are like prose poems. The writing is always characterised by a particular aesthetic, the tone fluctuating between opposing emotional states.


 

Engl. (Ind.)

Bad Words
Ilse Aichinger
Translation: Christian Hawkey, Uljana Wolf
Kolkata, Seagull Books 2022
216 pages
Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut

German original title

German

Ilse Aichinger
Schlechte Wörter

Frankfurt a. Main, S. Fischer Verlage 1976
133 pages

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