Elfriede Jelinek's bleak tale takes place in Vienna in the late 1950s, and follows four alienated students--two male, two female--as they spend their days indulging in violent acts, beating and mugging people. Their motivation is not money, which they do not lack; they beat people up and rob them for something to do, to impress each other, and as an outlet for their anger against an existence they see as increasingly meaningless. Jelinek's vision of the postwar world is a chilling one, and her exploration of existentialism ...
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Elfriede Jelinek's bleak tale takes place in Vienna in the late 1950s, and follows four alienated students--two male, two female--as they spend their days indulging in violent acts, beating and mugging people. Their motivation is not money, which they do not lack; they beat people up and rob them for something to do, to impress each other, and as an outlet for their anger against an existence they see as increasingly meaningless. Jelinek's vision of the postwar world is a chilling one, and her exploration of existentialism and its relation to morality is unsparing. Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004. This is the original German text of the novel.
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Add this copy of Die Ausgesperrten. Roman to cart. $54.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1900 by Rowohlt Verlag.
Add this copy of Die Ausgesperrten. Roman to cart. $82.69, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Rowohlt Tb.
