CultureBooksGeneralPrint EditionsWinter 2019

Book Review | The Painted Face

By Liam Hoare

Love and Desire, War and Human Suffering in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina.

Love and Desire, War and Human Suffering in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina.
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Liam Hoare
A freelance writer on politics and literature based in Vienna. He is the Europe editor for Moment and a frequent contributor to Slate, The Forward and Tablet.
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