Bøger af Eva Menasse

August 1989. Jerntæppet er ved at falde. Dunkelblum er en søvnig lille by i Østrig, på grænsen til Ungarn. Bag den idylliske facade blomstrer årtiers tavshed, som bliver brudt da en ung kvinde forsvinder, en mystisk besøgende stiller mærkelige spørgsmål og man finder et skelet fra krigen på en mark i udkanten af byen.Dunkelblum er en spændende og skelsættende roman om historisk skyld, om skeletter i skabet og fortielsens ødelæggende kraft.

A panoramic novel of European history, by an internationally bestselling writer. The whole truth, as the name implies, is the collective knowledge of all those involved. Which is why you can never piece it together again properly afterwards. Because a few of those who possessed a part of it are always already dead. Or lying, or their memories are bad. It's 1989, and in a small town on the Austria-Hungary border, nobody talks about the war; the older residents pretend not to remember, and the younger ones are too busy making plans to leave. The walls are thin, the curtains twitch, there is a face at every window, and everyone knows what they are not supposed to say.But as thousands of East German refugees mass at the border, it seems that the past is knocking on Darkenbloom's door.Still, though, nobody talks about the war.Until a mysterious visitor shows up asking questions.Until townspeople start receiving threatening letters and even disappearing.Until a body is found.Darkenbloom is a sweeping novel of exiled counts, Nazis-turned-Soviet-enforcers, secret marriages, mislabelled graves, remembrance, guilt, and the devastating power of silence, by one of Austria's most significant contemporary writers.

A collection of unique, profound, and witty stories that relate animals' peculiarities to human attitudes. Animals is a collection of short stories in which each story takes a peculiar item about animals that appears, like fables, to shine a spotlight on different aspects of human behavior-like caterpillars digging their own graves, sharks in need of artificial respiration, ducks that keep an eye out for hungry predators even in their sleep. It is a treat to watch Eva Menasse spin these observations into scenes of people battling their everyday anxieties and doubts. An old tyrant realizes that he is unable to prevent his wife's worsening dementia from erasing his own past as it erases hers. A mother who tries to protect a Muslim child from hostile accusations finds that her own boundaries between good and evil begin to blur. A woman realizes how starkly her father's traumatic past has shaped her quirky habits and deepest fears. Combining biting wit, mystery, and melancholy, these tales are the work of a masterful storyteller.

”Krystalklar prosa … stor litteratur” Die Zeit”Efter læsning af det, der sandsynligvis er årets smukkeste novellesamling, beklager man, at de religiøse forfædre kun beskrev syv dødssynder” Die Welt”Formidabel psykologisk indsigt samt stor sproglig sikkerhed … smukke, humoristiske, tragiske og tankevækkende billeder” Dansk BiblioteksCenterVi har længe klaret os uden Gud, men det er, som om dødssynderne hænger ved. De arkaiske mønstre er svære at bryde. Eva Menasse er en af Østrigs mest kritikerroste og prisvindende forfattere og på dansk er tidligere udkommet novellesamlingen Dyr for viderekomne. Menasse har en særlig evne til at skære sig ind i det moderne menneskes kernehus. Gerne med en underliggende og knastør humor (hun er da også modtager af den internationale Jonathan Swift Pris for humor og satire).God fornøjelse med læsning af novellerne, der rummer syv tilgivelige dødssynder ...

"Ætsende og superskarpe noveller." Thomas Thurah, Information♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥"Det er ganske enkelt en gave, at Eva Menasses begavede forfatterskab endelig finder vej til Danmark." Christian Johannes Idskov, PolitikenOtte noveller, otte dyrearter, otte skalpelskarpe historier om moderne menneskers relationer. Patchwork-familien, demens og integration er nogle af de temaer, Menasse udfolder med en stilsikker hånd og underspillet sarkasme. Man føler sig genkendt. Ikke altid for det gode.Eva Menasse modtog Austrian Book Prize 2017 for Dyr for viderekomne, der er hendes første bog oversat til dansk.”Udvinder litterært guldstøv af vores lunkne hverdag” Susanne Kippenberger, Der Tagesspiegel”Charmerende anti-fabler … ikke mindst fordi der er plads til såvel det sørgelige som komiske i dette store symbioseteater” Jutta Person, Die Zeit