{"product_id":"the-fifth-year-9780811239981","title":"The Fifth Year","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e follows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents' farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili's parents have presumably died in the war, and she is left to discover--with curiosity, wonder, and fear--the beauty and darkness of a quiet pastoral life. Sinister elements lurk beneath the surface of \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Year\u003c\/em\u003e, in Marili's dreams and fantasies, and this deceptively simple tale of childhood, told in effervescent and evocative prose, bubbles to life in Marlen Haushofer's inimitably alarming style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marlen Haushofer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811239981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhiteside, Shaun:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaushofer, Marlen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMarlen Haushofer\u003c\/strong\u003e (1920-1970) was an Austrian author of short stories, novels, radio plays, and children's books. Her work has had a strong influence on many German-language writers, such as the Nobel Prize-winner Elfriede Jelinek, who dedicated one of her plays to her. The relaunch of her classic \u003cem\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/em\u003e--acclaimed \"strange and wondrous\" by James Wood in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e--was a major literary sensation.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Marlen Haushofer \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363823530141,"sku":"9780811239981","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c7c8bdcf-4836-4014-baa4-26c6b0d54be6.jpg?v=1780429127","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-fifth-year-9780811239981","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}