Bachmannm, Ingeborg: Malina

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New Directions (paperback, 2019) Publisher Marketing: In Malina, originally published in German in 1971, Ingeborg Bachmann invites the reader into a world stretched to the very lim its of language. An unnamed narrator, a writer in Vienna, is torn between two men: viewed, through the tilting prism of obsession, she travels further into her own madness, anxiety, and genius. Malina explores love, "deathstyles," the roots of fascism, and passion. Show more