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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2022-08-05
- Pages
- 216
- ISBN
- 9781803090467
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seagull Books
ISBN-10
1803090464
ISBN-13
9781803090467
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27057279403
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bad Words : Selected Short Prose
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Publication Year
2022
Features
New Edition
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
The Seagull Library of German Literature Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
That this text holds its sonic magic in translation is a testament both to the extraordinary ears and poetic wisdom of the translators and to Aichinger herself. Each word feels both surprising and inevitable: in English as in German. This surety of voice is rare.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
833.914
Table Of Content
A Werdly Country: On Ilse Aichinger and Her Language My Green Donkey My Father Made from Straw The Mouse The Arrival The Crossbeam Memories for Samuel Greenberg Port Sing Five Proposals Only Joshua The Jouet Sisters My Language and I Bad Words Stains Doubts about Balconies The Connoisseurs of Western Columns The Guest Ambros Dover Privas Albany The Forgetfulness of St Ives Rahel's Clothes Cemetery in B. Wisconsin and Apple Rice Hemlin Surrender Salvage Galy Sad L. to Muzot Sur le bonheur Consensus Insurrection Queens Snow Translators' Acknowledgements
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
A moving work of fiction from one of the most important writers of postwar Austrian and German literature. Born in 1921 to a Jewish mother, Ilse Aichinger (1921-2016) survived World War II in Vienna, while her twin sister Helga escaped with one of the last Kindertransporte to England in 1938. Many of their relatives were deported and murdered. Those losses make themselves felt throughout Aichinger's writing, which since her first and only novel, The Greater Hope , in 1948, has highlighted displacement, estrangement, and a sharp skepticism toward language. By 1976, when she published Bad Words in German, her writing had become powerfully poetic, dense, and experimental. This volume presents the whole of the original Bad Words in English for the first time, along with a selection of Aichinger's other short stories of the period; together, they demonstrate her courageous effort to create and deploy a language unmarred by misleading certainties, preconceived rules, or implicit ideologies.
LC Classification Number
PT2601.I26
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- e***u (283)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe listing was for a hardcover version of this book; however, I received a paperback. The Seller replied quickly to my question about this issue and issued a full refund - and let me keep the book. So, a diligent Seller for sure - and well packaged and reasonable timing on shipping. Thank you for the refund, and as you suggested, I'll likely donate this volume and seek the hardcover.
- e***n (392)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat transaction, exactly as described, packed well, and promptly shipped on August 6th. Unfortunately the U.S. Postal Service took 23 calendar days to deliver the book. It was shipped from Pennsylvania, to Atlanta, past Alabama to Texas, enjoyed several days in Texas, then to Minneapolis, Jacksonville, Florida, back to Atlanta, finally to Birmingham, and Huntsville. The seller was very responsive and I decided it was interesting to see if/how the book would arrive. Thanks, JoeDrumsville!: The Evolution of the New Orleans Beat by Robert Cataliotti: Used (#405155037686)
- a***a (419)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis 2DVD set is in perfect condition. Cover art and case like new. Both DVDs played with no flaws. Description was listed as “Good”; I would describe it as “Very Good”, basically Like New. Delivery was super fast and packaging was excellent. The DVD case was wrapped well, then put in a cardboard envelope that was sturdy and hard to open (this is NOT a negative!). I have purchased from this company a few times and have always been very satisfied. Prices are great.