Lust (novel)
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Lust is a novel by Elfriede Jelinek
. Originally published in German in 1989, it was translated into English in 1992 by Michael Hulse. It tells the story of Herrman, a manager of a paper mill, and his wife, Gerti. Gerti is in a masochistic relationship with Herrman. At a ski resort, Gerti falls in love with Michael, a hopeful politician.
The novel is, like all of Jelinek's novels, lyrical and musical in its structure. It also features many acts of violence.
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."-...
. Originally published in German in 1989, it was translated into English in 1992 by Michael Hulse. It tells the story of Herrman, a manager of a paper mill, and his wife, Gerti. Gerti is in a masochistic relationship with Herrman. At a ski resort, Gerti falls in love with Michael, a hopeful politician.
The novel is, like all of Jelinek's novels, lyrical and musical in its structure. It also features many acts of violence.