The Jib Door
by Marlen Haushofer
Paperback, 139 pages
Published December 28th 1998 by Ariadne Press (CA) (first published January 1st 1978)
Original Title: Die Tapetentür
ISBN: 1572410604 (ISBN13: 9781572410602)
Edition Language: English
It has been some time since I last read a book so dark and biting to the core. The honesty forthcoming from Marlen Haushofer is astounding. This is a penetrating study for living in the world, and not necessarily in harmony with it. In fact, the opposite is true.
Being my first exposure to Haushofer I am indeed excited to read her other novels, especially her most well-known title of all, The Wall. One of my favorite contemporary writers, Claire-Louise Bennet, mentions it in her most recent collection The Pond.
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