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Killing Stella

By Marlen Haushofer
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A short, claustrophobic, shattering novel about a woman unable to act to save a teenager in her care, by the mistress of sustained dread, Marlen Haushofer. Claustrophobic and shattering, this is the story of one ordinary woman unable to save a teenager in her care. It... Read More
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A short, claustrophobic, shattering novel about a woman unable to act to save a teenager in her care, by the mistress of sustained dread, Marlen Haushofer. Claustrophobic and shattering, this is the story of one ordinary woman unable to save a teenager in her care. It is the story of Stella... Stella is a friend's nineteen-year-old daughter who has come to live with Anna and her family. Unloved and neglected, Stella's presence disturbs the already tense and tumultuous household. She lodges uncomfortably in their lives, whilst Anna struggles to bring warmth and welcome to the home. Her son continues to be gloomy and her daughter oblivious. Meanwhile Richard, Anna's adulterous husband, pretends not to notice Stella at all... Marlen Haushofer, author of The Wall, is the undisputed mistress of sustained dread and this gripping short novel deserves to be rediscovered. TRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDE 'This potent 1958 novella from Austrian writer Haushofer takes the form of a mother's agitated confession... This one hits hard' Publisher's Weekly 'Chillingly unillusioned... A fable about the habitual moral inertia of educated people' London Review of Books 'Haushofer is a rather terrifying writer... Killing Stella limns a world of guilty secrets and repressions' New Yorker

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529953527

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Shaun Whiteside
  • Translated by Shaun Whiteside

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 80g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Marlen Haushofer (Author) Marie Helene Haushofer was born in Frauenstein, Austria in 1920. Following the Second World War, she worked in her husband's dentistry practice. She began publishing short stories in magazines from 1946. She enjoyed success with her novella The Fifth Year, which was published in 1952 but her most enduring work was The Wall, first published in 1963 and now considered a classic of dystopian fiction. She died in 1970. Shaun Whiteside (Translator) Shaun Whiteside is an award-winning translator from French, German, Italian and Dutch. His most recent translations from German include Aftermath by Harald J hner, To Die in Spring by Ralf Rothmann, Swansong 1945 by Walter Kempowski, Berlin Finale by Heinz Rein and The Broken House by Horst Kr ger.

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