The Wall by Marlen Haushofer Paperback Book

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Author: Marlen Haushofer

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Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published: Dec 1969

Genre: Fiction - Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post Apocalyptic

Retail Price: $16.95

Pages: 248

Synopsis

A haunting feminist sci-fi masterpiece and international bestseller that is “as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe” (Doris Lessing) While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic.

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