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Additional authors

1. Whiteside, Shaun

Description

1. 239 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. "While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic"--

Series statement

1. New Directions Paperbook ; 1537

Uniform title

1. Wand. English
2. New Directions paperbook.

Alternative title

1. Wand.

Subject

1. Women > Fiction
2. Loneliness > Fiction
3. Nuclear warfare > Fiction
4. Social distance > Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Robinsonades.
2. Science fiction.

Call number

1. JFD 22-2587

Note

1. Translated from the German.
2. "Originally published in German as Die Wand by Claasen-Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf, in 1968"--Title page verso.
3. "Copyright ©1968 by Ullstein Buchvelage GmbH, Berlin. Translation copyright ©1990 by Shaun Whiteside."--Title page verso

Author

1. Haushofer, Marlen, 1920-1970, author.

Title

1. The wall / Marlen Haushofer ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : New Directions Publishing, 2022.

Copyright date

1. ©1990

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New Directions Paperbook ; 1537
2. New Directions paperbook.

Added author

1. Whiteside, Shaun, translator.

LCCN

1. 2022000238

Other standard identifier

1. 40031343100

ISBN

1. 9780811231947 (paperback)
2. 0811231941 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JFD 22-2587