Memoirs from a Madhouse
Christine Lavant (1915-1973), one of Austria's most famous yet obscure 20th century poets, wrote these memoirs during a voluntary six-week stay in an asylum. Although written in 1946 the memoirs were not published until 2001 because the poet felt that the work was too personal. She records her failed suicide attempt, her sleeplessness, her exhaustion, her eccentric and mad inmates, her daily struggle to survive by writing. The author spent most of her life in a small southern Austrian village, where she was born as the ninth child in a family of miners. Pathologically introverted, she was plagued by poverty and illness and supported herself w…
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Weitere Autoren: Latimer, Renate (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-57241-122-7
- EAN: 9781572411227
- Produktnummer: 37114510
- Verlag: Ariadne Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 106 S.
- Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.5 cm 268 g
- Gewicht: 268
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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