The Wall
Author | : Marlen Haushofer |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2022-06-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780811231954 |
ISBN-13 | : 081123195X |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A haunting feminist sci-fi masterpiece and international bestseller that is “as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe” (Doris Lessing) While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic.