Lust

Pages: 207
Published: 1992
Language: English

In a seemingly idyllic Austrian ski resort, a woman named Gerti is trapped in a brutal marriage, treated as property by her husband. Her life takes a turn when she meets Michael, a student who appears to be her rescuer. However, Michael's own ambitions and the harsh realities of their world reveal that salvation may be as elusive as true love.

Prose complexity: 10/10

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Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʁiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power". Next to Peter Handke and Botho Strauss she is considered to be the most important living...