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Greed

by Elfriede Jelinek

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ISBN13: 9781583227572
ISBN10: 1583227571
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Kurt Janisch is an ambitious but frustrated country policeman who gets talking to a lot of people in the line of duty, particularly to women: lonely, middle-aged women with a bit of extra property. . . . Things go from bad to worse, for Kurt Janisch and the women who fall for him. Someone sees and knows too much, and soon there's a body in a lake and a murderer to be caught.

A thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, Greedis Elfriede Jelinek's most important novel since The Piano TeacherIn her inimitable way, Jelinek touches on the ecological costs of affluence, the inescapable burden of language, the exploitative nature of relations between men and women, the impossibility of life without relationships. A meditative reflection on aging, Greedis another chapter in Jelinek's chronicling of her love-hate relationship with her native Austria.

Elfriede Jelinekwas born in Austria in 1946 and grew up in Vienna, where she attended the famous Music Conservatory. The leading Austrian writer of her generation, she has been awarded the Heinrich Boll Prize for her contribution to German literature. The film of The Piano Teacherby Michael Haneke won the three main prizes at Cannes in 2001. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Elfriede Jelinek, the leading Austrian writer of her generation, has been awarded the Heinrich Boll Prize for her contribution to German literature. The film by Michael Haneke of The Piano Teacher won the three main prizes at Cannes in 2001. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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ISBN:
9781583227572
Author:
Jelinek, Elfriede
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press
Translator:
Chalmers, Martin
Subject:
General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Description:
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Publication Date:
April 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
330
Dimensions:
8.00 x 6.00 in

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