Greed

Author - Elfriede Jelinek ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Seven Stories Press was reviewed on 22-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Greed by Seven Stories Press. Bitter acidic wit only partially neutralized by the breath of woman?
There is an innate failure of a cultural core as reflected in an individual struggle with reality. A stream of consciousness type of prose that seemd to cover a world of eventualities. When God leaves the church , the devil; finds a way.In the cool confident prose that breaks over you like a fresh cool ocean wave, we get the whiff of edelweiss and the just deserts of the country policeman. Oblique, cloudy and obtuse are the references to a God who lives in Catholic Churches, but not in the sins of the modern souls. So many philosophical reflections on the mechanistic economic structures that eat people and lead to greed.This Austria is not the Austria of the sound of music...
There is , here, a recognition of genius, of a tormented soul that writes very , very well.Accordian Crimes¤

2) Paperback Book Greed by Seven Stories Press. After reading a positive review in the local newspaper, I purchased this novel and waded my way through it over several weeks. I hate to admit this but I found it extremely heavy to get thought. Some sections of prose very effective but the plot boarded on rambling for most of the time. This is not the first Nobel Prize winner I have found more pretension in their writing than accessible (Patrick White comes to mind) but I dont recommend this book for the faint hearted.¤

3) Paperback Book Greed by Seven Stories Press. Read GREED ...Jelinek is a rare and unusual author - and one of the all too few authors we can read in translation.¤

4) Paperback Book Greed by Seven Stories Press.

"Greed is another intriguing and challenging novel from Europe´s cleverest, most visceral social phobic."-The List

In her first novel published in English since becoming the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004, Elfriede Jelinek delivers a stunning and unforgettable book.

Greed is the story of Kurt Janisch, an ambitious but frustrated country policeman, and the lonely women he seduces. It is a thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, where the investigation of a dead girl´s body in a lake leads to the discovery of more than a single crime. In her signature style, Jelinek chronicles the exploitative nature of relations between men and women, and the cruelties of everyday life.

Always controversial, Jelinek was considered a bold choice for the Nobel Prize. The Swedish academy applauded her linguistic zeal and analytic prowess, while her critics have been scandalized by her satirical critiques of patriarchy and her masochistic heroines.

The leading Austrian writer of her generation, Elfriede Jelinek has been awarded the Heinrich Bll Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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