EAN: 9783826059216

THE GREATER HOPE - ILSE AICHINGER KARTONIERT (TB)

Ilse Aichinger was born to a Jewish mother in Vienna in 1921. Prior to 1938 her Aunt Klara
waited for the family in London  but only Ilse's twin sister  Helga  escaped on the last
Kindertransport. Ilse remained. She survived  and published The Greater Hope in 1948. The novel
reflects Ilse Aichinger's experience of anti-Semitism as young woman in Nazi Austria  and
through her extraordinary use of language the author not only captures the horror and the
humanity of that experience  but transcends it to offer a profound meditation on a greater hope
the metaphysical perspectives of which surpass the physical trajectories of devastation 
deportation and death. Many authors have endeavoured to determine the sense and meaning of
Aichinger's works  which are often considered complex and multi-layered. This may explain why
one of Austria's most gifted authors has not yet received the international recognition she
deserves. The Nachwort to this new translation casts fresh light on The Greater Hope through an
original and in-depth analysis of interviews given by Aichinger throughout her life.

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