Hidden Wall

Die Wand

⭕ I can only "survive" when the world is destroyed⭕ Nobel Prize winners Doris Lessing and Elfriede Jelinek, James Wood, author of "The Loom of Fiction", and punk godmother Patti Smith highly recommend it!
A representative novel by Marlene Haushofer, a pioneer of feminist literature and winner of the Austrian National Award. The first Chinese translation of the apocalyptic version of Walden is the ultimate allegory about freedom and existence. Selected as one of the "100 Best Novels" by Deutsche Welle and The New Yorker's 2022 Book of the Year, it has been highly recommended by The London Review of Books, The Atlantic Monthly, The Chicago Review of Books, and The Wall Street Journal. It has been translated into more than 20 languages, reprinted continuously, and received rave reviews.
I was on vacation at a mountain cabin with my cousin and his wife. The next day, I discovered that my cousin and his wife had mysteriously disappeared. I was also isolated by an invisible wall, cut off from the outside world. The people and animals on the other side of the wall were petrified, and I seemed to be the only survivor...
The Hidden Wall is Marlene Haushofer's representative novel. Since its first publication in 1963, it has been considered a classic of 20th-century German literature and has profoundly influenced many writers. Nobel laureate Jelinek dedicated her play of the same name to Haushofer. In this book, the author, with a concise style and simple plot, constructs a post-human apocalyptic vision. Through a profound portrayal of the protagonist's inner world, she explores the purest state of human existence. The book's reflections on freedom, existence, and even modern civilization offer a unique revelation for us in the post-pandemic era.
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【Editor's Recommendation】
☀ A must-read classic of 20th-century German literature, a representative work by Marlene Haushofer, the Chinese version is finally available.
Nobel laureates Doris Lessing and Elfriede Jelinek, and rock poet laureate Patti Smith praised it highly, and James Wood, author of The Loom of Fiction, and Nicholas Spais, publisher of The London Review of Books, recommended it in lengthy articles.
Selected as one of Deutsche Welle's "100 Best Novels" and The New Yorker's 2022 Book of the Year.
In 2012, the film was adapted into a movie of the same name, starring Martina Gedeck, the actress of "The Lives of Others".
☀ A doomsday version of "Walden", the ultimate allegory about freedom and existence.
(Beautiful natural scenery + simple lifestyle) x (fear of the end of the world + isolated and closed state) = a doomsday version of "Walden".
When the world was destroyed and I was the only survivor, I did not collapse. Instead, I rediscovered myself and gained a rare freedom.
A revelation about how women escape/a thrilling survival story/a philosophical fable that reflects on the true human condition.
☀ Reconstructing the relationship between man and nature, reflecting on anthropocentrism. A liberation journal.
After being trapped inside the wall, the protagonist becomes more sensitive to nature. He delicately depicts animals, plants, weather, and labor, and soberly examines loneliness, freedom, existence, and the meaning of life.
Its equal attitude towards animals, reverence for nature, questioning of anthropocentrism, and reflection on modern civilization provide us with a unique revelation in the post-epidemic era.
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【Expert Recommendation】
A feminist science fiction masterpiece as haunting as Robinson Crusoe.
—Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize winner in Literature "The Hidden Wall" is, in part, a science fiction vision of a nuclear apocalypse, terrifying both in its forward and backward perspectives. Haushofer's modern understanding of the existential situation is like a combination of Schopenhauer and Camus.
- James Wood, famous literary critic People often compare "Hidden Wall" with "Robinson Crusoe", but in fact it is more like "Walden Pond" in a parallel universe (isolated by a wall), and it alternates between the atmosphere of utopia and dystopia, pastoral idyll and nightmare.
—London Review of Books
Haushofer remains underrated. Her novels should have long been considered among the great classics of world literature.
—Zürcher Zeitung
"Hidden Wall" is a speculative novel with a distinct existentialist tone. The theme it speculates on is not what happens to the world, but what happens to reality when human society is stripped away... This book will continue to resonate.
—The Wall Street Journal
If someone asked me what the ten most important books in my life were, this would definitely be one of them.
- Elke Heidenreich, German writer I hope this novel will give you the strength and courage to cross the walls of your own heart and discover your own inner freedom, no matter what kind of freedom that is.
—Julian Bosler, director of "Hidden Wall"

2024-03-01

北京联合出版公司

Lucida

256

9787559673039