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Title

A trip to Klagenfurt : in the footsteps of Ingeborg Bachmann / Uwe Johnson ; translated from the German by Damion Searls.

Author

Johnson, Uwe, 1934-1984

Publication

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors

Searls, Damion

Description

92 p. : music; 22 cm.

Summary

"The great Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann died in Rome but was buried in Klagenfurt, the city of her childhood. Only days later, Uwe Johnson made a pilgrimage to her grave site and to Klagenfurt itself, which Bachmann had always promised to show him. Johnson re-creates her presence by layering the cultural, physical, and historical landscape of the city - from its picturesque lake and totemic dragon to a personal visit from Hitler during Bachmann's childhood - with Bachmann's letters, interviews, and published writings. The result is a biographical montage that explores the vast forces behind a single extraordinary life. A Trip to Klagenfurt illuminates the writers' friendship as well as Johnson's entire generation."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Reise nach Klagenfurt. English

Alternative Title

Reise nach Klagenfurt.

Subject

• Johnson, Uwe, 1934-1984 > Travel > Klagenfurt
• Bachmann, Ingeborg, 1926-1973
• Authors, German > 20th century > Biography
• Literary landmarks > Klagenfurt

Note

• "Originally published...Eine reise nach Klagenfurt. 1974 Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany." -- T.p. verso.
• "Hydra books."
• "With a new translation of "Youth in an Austrian town". -- Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [89]-92) and index.

Contents

Klagenfurt, Monday, October 29, 1973 -- Klagenfurt -- Rome -- Thursday, November 1, 1973 -- Youth in an Austrian town / Ingeborg Bachmann.

ISBN

0810117967 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002154632

OCLC

51478383

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library