{"title":"Ingeborg Bachmann","description":"\u003cp\u003eIngeborg Bachmann’s works invite readers into a world of poetic intensity and profound reflection. Through collections such as \u003cem\u003eDarkness Spoken\u003c\/em\u003e, her evocative poetry explores themes of identity, language, and the human condition with lyrical precision and emotional depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer literary artistry extends to compelling prose like \u003cem\u003eThe Radio Family\u003c\/em\u003e, where narrative and philosophy intertwine to challenge perceptions and illuminate the complexities of modern existence. This collection is a treasure for those drawn to thoughtful, culturally rich writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"darkness-spoken-the-collected-poems-of-ingeborg-bachmann-by-ingeborg-bachmann-9781938890338","title":"Darkness Spoken: The Collected Poems of Ingeborg Bachmann","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarkness Spoken\u003c\/em\u003e is the most complete volume of Ingeborg Bachmann's poetry in English and German. Considered one of the premiere poets of her generation, Bachmann's various awards include the Georg Büchner Prize, the Berlin Critics Prize, the Bremen Award, and the Austrian State Prize for literature. \u003cem\u003eDarkness Spoken\u003c\/em\u003e collects her two celebrated books of poetry, as well as the early and late poems not collected in book form. First published by Zephyr Press in 2006, the volume also contains 129 poems released from Bachmann's archives that had never been translated before. Twenty-five of them also appeared in German for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContinued research by Peter Fikins on Bachmann's writing since 2006, as well as his current work on Bachmann's biography (forthcoming in 2026 from Yale University Press), has drawn him even closer to Bachmann's poems and deepened his understanding of their context and meaning. For this second revised edition, roughly a quarter of the poems have benefitted from revisions in word choice for the purposes of greater clarity, better syntax or rhythm, or in a few instances, corrections in punctuation and of interpretive errors. Eight poems from Bachmann's youth have also been added that did not appear in the first edition. A few lacunae in the German have also been corrected, allowing this volume to remain the most complete edition of Bachmann's poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424017498348,"sku":"9781938890338","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781938890338.jpg?v=1774769425"},{"product_id":"the-radio-family-by-ingeborg-bachmann-9780857428172","title":"The Radio Family","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) is recognised as one of post-war German literature's most important novelists, poets, and playwrights. Influenced by Hans Weigel and the legendary literary circle Gruppe 47, Bachmann gained international renown for her poems, short stories, and novels, and won numerous awards for her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNearly twenty years after her death, during an estate sale in Vienna, fifteen episodes of the popular Viennese radio drama \u003cem\u003eThe Radio Family\u003c\/em\u003e were discovered. Remarkably, they happened to be written by Ingeborg Bachmann herself, who had been a writer on the show just after she graduated from university. \u003cem\u003eThe Radio Family\u003c\/em\u003e was a popular radio soap opera broadcast in the American sector of occupied Vienna in the 1950s. The programme focused on a middle-class Viennese family and their everyday life. Topics ranged from birthday parties and holiday plans to profiteering and currency fraud in the commercial sector, and Austrians' involvement in the Nazi past. All fifteen scripts have now been compiled and masterfully translated, revealing an early and significant piece of Bachmann's body of work, while simultaneously offering a rare glimpse into Vienna's quotidian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The most intelligent and important woman writer our land has produced this century.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Thomas Bernhard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600176136428,"sku":"9780857428172","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4c256d91b0eb9e59d462e22bcfc1f680.jpg?v=1778020974"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ingeborg-bachmann.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}