
At The Writing Desk
Werner Kofler(Author)
Dalkey Archive Press
Will be published approx. on 31. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-62897-004-3 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
A welcome introduction to a writer little known to American readers. * Kirkus Reviews * At the Writing Desk is a Bernhardian reckoning and accounting -- with nation, history, the corruption of the German and Austrian political and literary establishments, among other things. Among the attacks are many personal ones (including a tirade against Kofler's early publisher K * The Complete Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62897-004-3 (9781628970043)
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Persons
Werner Kofler (1947-2011) was born in Kaernten, Austria, and died in Vienna. He studied education before beginning his writing career, primarily focused upon novels and plays. He was awarded the Arno-Schmidt-Preis in 1996, as well as the Buch.Preis in 2004, among other honors.