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rein Gold by Elfriede Jelinek, Gitta Honegger (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is rein Gold about?

Originally written as a libretto for the Berlin State Opera, Elfriede Jelinek’s rein GOLD reconstructs the events of Wagner’s epic Ring cycle & extends them into the present day. Brünnhilde diagnoses Wotan, father of the gods, to be a victim of capitalism because he, too, has fallen into the trap of wanting to own a castle he cannot afford. In a series of monologues, Brünnhilde & Wotan chart the evolution of capitalism from the Nibelungen Saga to the 2008 financial crisis. Written with her trademark ‘extraordinary linguistic zeal’ (Swedish Academy), rein GOLD is a playful & ferocious critique of universal greed by the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.‘Jelinek’s work is brave, adventurous, witty, antagonistic & devastatingly right about the sorriness of human existence, & her contempt is expressed with surprising chirpiness: it’s a wild ride.’ — Guardian‘the characters in rein GOLD do make deft contrapuntal patterns with ideas, & their twin streams of consciousness gush, eddy & sometimes drool or drivel’ — Peter Conrad, Observer°°° Elfriede Jelinek, who was born in 1946 & grew up in Vienna, now lives in Vienna & Munich. She has received numerous awards for her literary works,

Who reads rein Gold?

Author

Elfriede Jelinek, Gitta Honegger (translation)

Publisher

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781913097455

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Music, Literary Collections