| At the Writing Desk Contributor(s): Kofler, Werner (Author), Wolfe, Lauren K. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1628970049 ISBN-13: 9781628970043 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 838.914 |
| LCCN: 2015017789 |
| Series: Austrian Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Installed behind his desk with notebook, ashtray, whiskey, and "several typewriters of various calibers," Werner Kofler embarks on a tour not through space but through literature, and through his abortive attempts at producing a work he can call his own. "Art must destroy reality," he trumpets, yet, in the spirit of his "beloved Beckett," each failed attempt at the writing desk only drives the effort endlessly, angrily on. The first English translation of a central figure in Austrian fiction, At the Writing Desk is a battle cry against every cultural and literary status quo. |