The Loft
Paperback Published on: 01/05/2011
Price: £12.00
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quartet Books
- ISBN: 9780704372078
- Number of pages: 172
- Dimensions: 216 x 138 mm
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The Loft by Marlen Haushofer
The drudgery of an Austrian housewife's everyday life with her husband is relieved by her time spent in the loft where she ... READ MORE
A haunting meditation on solitude and the suppressed self
The Loft is a quietly unsettling novel by Marlen Haushofer, translated by Amanda Prantera, tracing the inner life of a woman trapped in the routines of dom... READ MORE
Intriguing.
This novel is not easily definable! And that has to be a good thing.
First of all, I think it's important to say that it is beautifully and skilfully writ... READ MORE
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A deep and moving study of what might have been.
"The Loft" opens in a bedroom, where a husband and wife are arguing over what kind of tree they can see from the window. The middle-aged couple are clearl... READ MORE
Engaging story
The Loft by Marlen Haushofer is a truly engaging story of an Austrian woman and her relationship with her husband and family with respect to what happened ... READ MORE
An intriguing read
Our unnamed narrator is 47 and lives a quiet life with her husband Hubert in Austria. She is a housewife, she works hard to make Hubert’s life as easy as p... READ MORE
Very strange but readable...
This is a very strange novel but apparently celebrated in Austria and published in a new edition here. The story is narrated by a mature woman and covers o... READ MORE
Character Driven Story
The Loft by Marlen Haushofer has a quiet, introspective charm that I really respected. The atmosphere feels like stepping into another time, and the author... READ MORE