The Honditsch Cross

Written when Ingeborg Bachmann was only eighteen, The Honditsch Cross, her second-longest completed work of prose, is...
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The Honditsch Cross by Bachmann, Ingeborg

The Honditsch Cross

$15.95

The Honditsch Cross

$15.95
Author: Ingeborg Bachmann
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Written when Ingeborg Bachmann was only eighteen, The Honditsch Cross, her second-longest completed work of prose, is a historical novella set during the final days of the Napoleonic occupation of Austria in 1813.

A young theology student, returning from Vienna to his family home in Carinthia, finds the invading troops stationed there, led by a despotic officer, who has been exploiting and terrorizing his family and friends. He is immediately thrown into the center of the conflict, torn between defending his homeland, the pull of physical desire, and the pursuit of his theological studies...

In this gripping work, Bachmann begins to explore themes that will pre-occupy her for the rest of her writing career: complex notions of nationality and patriotism, the roles and rights of women in patriarchal societies, the meaningless destruction of war and its aftermath, and the bitter moments of disillusionment that lead to intellectual maturity



Author: Ingeborg Bachmann
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 04/22/2025
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780811238564


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/16/2025

About the Author
Bachmann, Ingeborg: - Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) is widely regarded as one of the greatest German-language writers of the twentieth century. Her poems, plays, stories, and only finished novel, Malina, have been championed by Paul Celan, Hannah Arendt, Günter Grass, Peter Handke, Thomas Bernhard, Christa Wolf, and Elfriede Jelinek.Lewis, Tess: - Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German.

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