Women as Lovers
Elfriede Jelinek
(Author)
Martin Chalmers
(Translator)
Description
Two Alpine factory workers who dream of finding a good man. Employing the conventions of romantic fiction, Jelinek dissects the double-standard by which women are held in their traditional place. "An unrelenting look at the bleak correspondence between marriage, capitalism and sex. Every sentence slams home a truth."--Voice Literary SupplementProduct Details
Price
$17.95
$16.51
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Publish Date
July 01, 1995
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.0 X 0.7 X 7.7 inches | 0.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781852422370
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About the Author
Elfriede Jelinek is the author of many novels and plays, including The Piano Teacher. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.
Martin Chalmers (1948 2014) was a Berlin-based translator from Glasgow. He translated some of the best-known German-language writers, including Herta Muller, Elfriede Jelinek, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
