160:, and also the first book of hers to be translated into English in seven years. The English translation was published in the UK by Serpent's Tail in 2006 and in the US by Seven Stories Press in 2007. While much of her work is rooted in the Austrian literary tradition, she has also been known to take a feminist stand on the dealings of the
29:
272:
poses almost insuperable obstacles to good translation. ... As it is, doubtless under tight economic constraints, the publishers have paid for a hit-and-miss, standard, 'by the page' translation and the result is a disaster. It's hard to imagine that
Jelinek's reputation in the English-speaking world
211:
says the novel is dead, but it would be more accurate to say the audience is dead – we're all just too polite to mention it. What is killing the novel is people's growing dependence on feel-good fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. ... Real writing is not about rules. It's about electrifying prose, it's
189:
wrote: "About 100 pages into this atrocious novel, I suddenly couldn't bear it one second longer. I thought: before I go any further, I want to read something amusing, lucid, interesting and straightforward." Hensher continued: "A story of some sort emerges, but the thrust of the novel is really the
267:
is not ugly. Indeed, once one has got used to it, it yields strange and memorable pleasures." However, Spice added: "With its constant shifts of tone and register, the slippery sideways movement of thought through wordplay and punning, the frequent allusions to other German texts, the idiom of
229:
is more like that of a prosecuting attorney in a trial of the indefensible, with effigies standing in for the accused, no judge or jury, no court protocol and of course no counsel for the defense. ... No one else, except perhaps a conscientious reviewer, would sit out her entire presentation."
557:
196:
and so on. ... Densely unreadable as it is, there is something terribly banal about every one of its intellectual propositions; as hopelessly banal in its attempted chic as its predominant present tense."
263:, Jelinek finds a way to deal with depth (with the abyss inside the human) without either reverting to the analgesic of realism or exhausting the reader with flood-lit ugliness. For all its derangement,
142:
625:
172:
The novel tells the story of a policeman who kills a 15-year-old girl while she is performing fellatio and then dumps the body in a lake.
225:: "Jelinek has described herself as a kind of scientist who dispassionately 'looks into the petri dish of society.' But her procedure in
479:
190:
most vulgar and stupid commentary imaginable about the murderous misogyny of men, the environment, the appalling taste of the
682:
518:
127:
564:
677:
373:
472:
212:
about play." Ellmann wrote: "Jelinek gives us a startling glimpse here of what women are, as well as answering
339:
687:
672:
571:
604:
511:
216:'s question, 'What do women want?' It's neither gentle nor sweet nor safe nor reasonable – just true."
161:
157:
465:
245:
532:
583:
504:
429:
434:
235:
401:
632:
525:
8:
344:
287:
185:
79:
406:
282:
221:
192:
122:
590:
489:
153:
39:
250:
156:. It was the first novel of hers to be translated into English after winning the
335:
180:
75:
666:
597:
213:
457:
307:
378:
369:
240:
203:
198:
208:
28:
207:, and wrote that it provides just what the literary landscape needs: "
650:
618:
611:
255:
558:
What
Happened after Nora Left Her Husband; or Pillars of Society
626:
Die
Kontrakte des Kaufmanns. Eine Wirtschaftskomödie
664:
487:
473:
239:saw parallels between the main character and
578:Desire and Permission To Drive – Pornography
480:
466:
27:
364:
362:
330:
328:
152:) is a 2000 novel by the Austrian writer
368:
334:
665:
359:
325:
461:
427:
399:
13:
14:
699:
428:Spice, Nicholas (5 June 2008).
374:"'I can't keep up with myself'"
421:
393:
300:
1:
293:
400:Agee, Joel (15 April 2007).
175:
7:
276:
10:
704:
683:Novels by Elfriede Jelinek
512:Wonderful, Wonderful Times
162:Communist Party of Austria
158:Nobel Prize for Literature
642:
549:
496:
246:The Man Without Qualities
121:
113:
105:Published in English
103:
95:
85:
71:
63:
55:
45:
35:
26:
16:Novel by Elfriede Jelinek
533:The Children of the Dead
605:Death and the Maiden II
584:Illness or Modern Women
167:
678:German-language novels
435:London Review of Books
340:"The lady in the lake"
236:London Review of Books
233:Nicholas Spice of the
201:reviewed the book for
147:
688:Rowohlt Verlag books
673:2000 Austrian novels
633:Die Schutzbefohlenen
430:"Up from the Cellar"
273:will ever recover."
372:(28 October 2006).
345:The Daily Telegraph
288:Austrian literature
259:. Spice wrote: "In
219:Joel Agee wrote in
186:The Daily Telegraph
80:Seven Stories Press
46:Original title
23:
407:The New York Times
338:(1 October 2006).
283:2000 in literature
222:The New York Times
21:
660:
659:
519:The Piano Teacher
193:kleinburgerlicher
133:
132:
96:Publication place
695:
490:Elfriede Jelinek
482:
475:
468:
459:
458:
452:
451:
449:
447:
425:
419:
418:
416:
414:
402:"By a Dead Lake"
397:
391:
390:
388:
386:
366:
357:
356:
354:
352:
332:
323:
322:
320:
318:
312:sevenstories.com
304:
154:Elfriede Jelinek
145:
87:Publication date
40:Elfriede Jelinek
31:
24:
20:
703:
702:
698:
697:
696:
694:
693:
692:
663:
662:
661:
656:
638:
545:
505:Women as Lovers
492:
486:
456:
455:
445:
443:
426:
422:
412:
410:
398:
394:
384:
382:
367:
360:
350:
348:
336:Hensher, Philip
333:
326:
316:
314:
306:
305:
301:
296:
279:
178:
170:
141:
106:
88:
59:Martin Chalmers
17:
12:
11:
5:
701:
691:
690:
685:
680:
675:
658:
657:
655:
654:
646:
644:
640:
639:
637:
636:
629:
622:
615:
608:
601:
594:
587:
580:
575:
568:
561:
553:
551:
547:
546:
544:
543:
536:
529:
522:
515:
508:
500:
498:
494:
493:
485:
484:
477:
470:
462:
454:
453:
420:
392:
358:
324:
298:
297:
295:
292:
291:
290:
285:
278:
275:
181:Philip Hensher
177:
174:
169:
166:
131:
130:
125:
119:
118:
115:
111:
110:
107:
104:
101:
100:
97:
93:
92:
89:
86:
83:
82:
76:Rowohlt Verlag
73:
69:
68:
65:
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
47:
43:
42:
37:
33:
32:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
700:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
670:
668:
653:
652:
648:
647:
645:
641:
635:
634:
630:
628:
627:
623:
621:
620:
616:
614:
613:
609:
607:
606:
602:
600:
599:
595:
593:
592:
588:
586:
585:
581:
579:
576:
574:
573:
569:
567:
566:
562:
560:
559:
555:
554:
552:
548:
542:
541:
537:
535:
534:
530:
528:
527:
523:
521:
520:
516:
514:
513:
509:
507:
506:
502:
501:
499:
495:
491:
483:
478:
476:
471:
469:
464:
463:
460:
441:
437:
436:
431:
424:
409:
408:
403:
396:
381:
380:
375:
371:
370:Ellmann, Lucy
365:
363:
347:
346:
341:
337:
331:
329:
313:
309:
303:
299:
289:
286:
284:
281:
280:
274:
271:
266:
262:
258:
257:
252:
251:Georg BĂĽchner
248:
247:
242:
238:
237:
231:
228:
224:
223:
217:
215:
210:
206:
205:
200:
195:
194:
188:
187:
182:
173:
165:
163:
159:
155:
151:
150:
144:
139:
138:
129:
128:3-498-03334-4
126:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
102:
98:
94:
90:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
51:
48:
44:
41:
38:
34:
30:
25:
19:
649:
631:
624:
617:
610:
603:
596:
591:A Sport Play
589:
582:
577:
570:
563:
556:
539:
538:
531:
524:
517:
510:
503:
444:. Retrieved
439:
433:
423:
411:. Retrieved
405:
395:
383:. Retrieved
379:The Guardian
377:
349:. Retrieved
343:
315:. Retrieved
311:
302:
269:
264:
260:
254:
244:
241:Robert Musil
234:
232:
226:
220:
218:
204:The Guardian
202:
199:Lucy Ellmann
191:
184:
179:
171:
148:
136:
135:
134:
49:
18:
572:Burgtheater
209:Philip Roth
667:Categories
294:References
56:Translator
651:Rein Gold
619:Bambiland
612:The Works
488:Works by
442:(11): 3–8
317:23 August
176:Reception
143:‹See Tfd›
72:Publisher
565:Clara S.
446:10 April
413:10 April
385:10 April
351:10 April
277:See also
146:German:
64:Language
598:Silence
308:"Greed"
256:Woyzeck
99:Germany
497:Novels
67:German
36:Author
22:Greed
643:Other
550:Plays
540:Greed
270:Greed
265:Greed
261:Greed
227:Greed
214:Freud
137:Greed
114:Pages
526:Lust
448:2012
415:2012
387:2012
353:2012
319:2021
249:and
168:Plot
149:Gier
123:ISBN
109:2006
91:2000
50:Gier
253:'s
243:'s
183:of
117:461
669::
440:30
438:.
432:.
404:.
376:.
361:^
342:.
327:^
310:.
164:.
78:,
481:e
474:t
467:v
450:.
417:.
389:.
355:.
321:.
140:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)