
Matters II
Max Winter(Author)
Raute Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 22. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-3-903401-03-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Matters II" tells the brutal, fragmented tale of two people trapped in the modern service proletariat. Greta and Gregor Matters endure an everyday reality that routinely ravages their fragile hopes and desperate efforts to create an illusion in which they can survive. A sympathetic narrator tries to tell about their lives one last time.
Translated from German and transposed by Paul David Young.
The book "Matters II" is part of a project on the topic of the "Working Poor" and, in its conception, goes far beyond the conventional understanding of prose. In order to capture the essence of the new "service proletariat" in its supranational, location independent, and multilingual dimension, the book has been translated into Hungarian and American English. The American translation also takes place in Vienna, as in the original text. But further the text has been transposed to a de-localized version to New York City. This is intended to prompt a discussion on the general narratability and the universal or international validity of the "Working Poor" in a global context. However, in the Hungarian translation relocating the story to Budapest, although only 250 km away from Vienna, was not as straightforward. Therefore, the Hungarian version is only available as a traditional translation. Further translations are planned.
Translated from German and transposed by Paul David Young.
The book "Matters II" is part of a project on the topic of the "Working Poor" and, in its conception, goes far beyond the conventional understanding of prose. In order to capture the essence of the new "service proletariat" in its supranational, location independent, and multilingual dimension, the book has been translated into Hungarian and American English. The American translation also takes place in Vienna, as in the original text. But further the text has been transposed to a de-localized version to New York City. This is intended to prompt a discussion on the general narratability and the universal or international validity of the "Working Poor" in a global context. However, in the Hungarian translation relocating the story to Budapest, although only 250 km away from Vienna, was not as straightforward. Therefore, the Hungarian version is only available as a traditional translation. Further translations are planned.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wien
Austria
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 17 cm
Width: 12 cm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-903401-03-7 (9783903401037)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Max Winter was born in 1979 in Graz, in southern Austria. After studying philosophy in Vienna, Amsterdam and Leiden, he worked alternately as an unskilled laborer and a ghostwriter for scientific work. He has developed several art projects in the field of political art in public spaces on topics such as austrofascism, linguistic diversity in Europe, and the 1848 Revolution. From 2014 to 2018 he moderated a radio show in Vienna that covered politics, philosophy, and art.
Max Winter geboren 1979 in Graz. Nach dem Studium der Philosophie in Wien, Amsterdam und Leiden, abwechselnde Tätigkeiten als Hilfsarbeiter und Ghostwriter für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Mehrere Kunstprojekte im Bereich Political Public Space Art zu Themen wie Austrofaschismus, Sprachenvielfalt in Europa oder die Revolution von 1848.
Von 2014 bis 2018 Moderator der Radio-Gesprächsreiche Wörtlich - Gespräche, Meinungen, Positionen, unteren anderen mit Marlene Streeruwitz, Rudi Gelbard, Heide Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Dellwo und Friedrich Cerha.