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While travelling through the Great Alföld, the vast plain in south-eastern Hungary, Esther Kinsky stops in a small town near the Romanian border. Like many other things, the cinema, mozi in Hungarian, has long since closed. Entranced by the decaying mozi,
An unnamed narrator, recently bereaved, travels to Olevano, a small village south-east of Rome. It is winter, and from her temporary residence on a hill between village and cemetery, she embarks on walks and outings, exploring the banal and the sublime wi
In May and September 1976, two earthquakes ripped through north-eastern Italy, causing severe damage to the landscape and its population. About a thousand people died under the rubble, tens of thousands were left without shelter, and many ended up leaving
After many years I had excised myself from the life I had led in town, just as one might cut a figure out of a landscape or group photo. Abashed by the harm I had wreaked on the picture left behind, and unsure where the cut-out might end up next, I lived
"A magnificent novel."-- The New Yorker "This is a book to relish."-- The Guardian A woman moves to a London suburb near the River Lea, without knowing quite why or for how long. Over a series of long, solitary walks she reminisces abo
In neun Etappen eines Spaziergangs in der Gegend um den River Lea vor London verfolgt Esther Kinsky die sich überlagernden Spuren persönlicher Geschichte und urbaner Historie dieser Flusslandschaft und nutzt die Wildnis des Marschlands als Freiraum für Er
Senere vil alle tale om lyden. Om romboen. Som det hele begyndte med. Som med ét slag forandrede alt, som man siger, selvom det snarere var et stød, som den dumpe, stumpe ende på en bevægelse, der er rullet nærmere langt borte fra. I maj og september 1976
"Summer Resort", the first novel by noted translator Esther Kinsky, is set in a village somewhere on the endless Hungarian plain. It is the hottest summer in memory, and everyone in the village dreams of the sweet life in Udulo, a summer resort
In this autobiographical novel by a leading German author and translator, the narrator attempts to revive a run-down Hungarian movie theater--an unpromising endeavor that soon leads into a consideration of the building's history and an homage to the p
Esther Kinsky widmet sich in "Störungen" menschlichen oder natürlichen Einwirkungen auf unsere Umgebung, die fundamentale Veränderungen bewirken. Aber was genau kennzeichnet eine Störung und wie können wir uns dem negativ belegten Wort so nähern
Schiefer, dem vielgestaltigen, wandlungsfähigen Sedimentgestein, und den Slate Islands, einem kleinen Archipel vor der Westküste Schottlands, ist Esther Kinskys neues Buch gewidmet. Jahrhundertelang wurde auf jenen zu den Inneren Hebriden gehörenden Insel