Translated by Gitta Honegger ‘Jelinek’s work is brave, adventurous, witty, antagonistic and devastatingly right about the sorriness of human existence, and her contempt is expressed with surprising chirpiness: it’s a wild ride.’ — Guardian ‘Translated with verve by Gitta Honegger, [rein GOLD] becomes a series of monologues without paragraph breaks: a frequent discordant assault on the senses. A visceral challenge…
Translated by TANYA LESLIE 'The triumph of Ernaux’s approach… is to cherish commonplace emotions while elevating the banal expression of them… A monument to passions that defy simple explanations.’ — New York Times ‘A work of lyrical precision and diamond-hard clarity.’ — New Yorker ‘All this – the suffering and anxiety of waiting, the brief soulagement of lovemaking, the lethargy and fatigue…
