Books from Austria
Recommended books (22)
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Austria.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
12.
Lust by Elfriede Jelinek EN
Rating: 2 1 Vote
Description:
In post-World War II Austria, Gerti, a woman on the verge of a breakdown due to her husband's relentless sexual attentions, wanders away from home one day and is rescued by an ambitious young man who turns out to be much like her husband.
Genre
Feminism
Recommended: 04 Jan 2023
13.
Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann EN
Rating: 3.5 2 Votes
Description:
Here is the story of lives painfully intertwined. An unnamed narrator is haunted by nightmarish memories of her father and desperate for the attentions of her lover. Her only companion is the androgynous Malina with whom she lives, an initially remote and dispassionate man who ultimately becomes an ominous influence. Plunging towards its riveting finale, Malina lays bare the struggle for love and the limits of discourse between men and women.
Genre
Recommended: 16 Mar 2023
14.
Man's Search For Meaning : The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl EN
Rating: 4.6 7 Votes
Description:
Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in our own lives.
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Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig DE
Description:
Als der Rechtsanwalt Dr. B. eine Reise auf einem Passagierdampfer antritt, ahnt er nicht, dass sich der bekannte Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic ebenfalls an Bord befindet. Fasziniert von diesem Genie bittet Dr. B.um ein Duell. Dabei werden traumatische Erinnerungen in ihm wachgerufen, denn das »Spiel der Könige« erlernte er einst als Gefangener der Gestapo. Im Duell gegen Czentovic prallen nun nicht nur zwei unterschiedliche Spielideen aufeinander, sondern auch zwei Lebenswelten.Die »Schachnovelle« ist Stefan Zweigs letztes und wohl bekanntestes Werk, das nu... continue
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The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Auguste Groner EN
Description:
Reprint of the detective novel starring Joseph Müller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police.
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The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke EN
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The Empress and the Cake by Linda Stift EN
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Description:
Madness lurks behind the pretty façade of everyday life. An elderly lady offers a young woman a piece of cake. She accepts. The lady resembles the Austrian Empress Elisabeth and lives with her servant in an apartment full of bizarre souvenirs. More invitations follow. A seemingly harmless visit to the museum turns into a meticulously planned raid to steal a royal cocaine syringe. Without realizing, the young woman has become the lady’s accomplice. Does she realize she is losing control? Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'On the surface this is a clever thriller-cum-horror story of three ... continue
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria A. Trapp EN
Rating: 4.5 17 Votes
Description:
With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold. Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple words the extraordinary story of her romance with the baron, their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, and their life in America. Now with photographs from the original edition.
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The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler EN
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Description:
'Set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant.' Daily MailWhen seventeen-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna, his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city. In his role as apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes. Among the regulars is a Professor Freud, who... continue
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