Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann

Malina

Ingeborg Bachmann with Philip Boehm (Translator)

283 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

fiction dark reflective slow-paced

Description

Malina invites the reader on a linguistic journey, into a world that stretches the very limits of language with Wittgensteinian zeal and Joycean inventiveness, where Ingeborg Bachmann ventriloquizes--and in the process demolishes--Proust, Musil, a...

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Community Reviews Summary of 210 reviews

Moods

challenging 81%
dark 68%
reflective 63%
emotional 59%
mysterious 36%
sad 31%
tense 27%
funny 13%

Pace

slow 68%
medium 18%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 86% | N/A: 6% | Plot: 6%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 28% | No: 14% | N/A: 7%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 46% | No: 26% | Yes: 26%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 76% | It's complicated: 23%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 14%

Average rating

4.04

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