Can I read The Wall on EtoBox?

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Wall about?

“I can allow myself to write the truth; all the people for whom I have lied throughout my life are dead...” writes the heroine of Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall, a quite ordinary, unnamed middle-aged woman who awakens to find she is the last living human being. Surmising her solitude is the result of a too successful military experiment, she begins the terrifying work of not only survival, but self-renewal. The Wall is at once a simple and moving talk – of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one’s name – and a disturbing meditation on 20th century history.

Who reads The Wall?

Author

Marlen Haushofer

Publisher

Cleis Press Start

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781573440943

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.99 / 5 (1,676 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14