by Marlen Haushofer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423132756
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«Eine Handvoll Leben» is the novel by Austrian author Marlen Haushofer, published by dtv in paperback (464 pages, in German).
A young woman fakes her own death to escape her family and the roles of wife, mother, and lover that have bound her. The novel follows her attempt to build an independent life, far from an imposed destiny, and the traces left on her by memory and unchoosen lives.
Marlen Haushofer's first novel was originally published in 1955. The 2004 edition has 464 pages.
For readers of German literature and stories about female emancipation.
Marlen Haushofer was an Austrian author, most famous for her novel The Wall (1963).
