Marlene Streeruwitz Author

Handbook for Love.

After Handbook Against War. the new Handbook for Love.
Marlene Streeruwitz′ thoughts on the subject of love in times of war

How can one think of saving the world in times of war? With the freedom of her novelistic thought, Marlene Streeruwitz offers potential pathways to navigate the convoluted mess that defines our present time.

Love is often portrayed as the ultimate remedy to war. From our birth, we understand what love is—a basic experience stitched into the fabric of our lives. Marlene Streewuwitz proposes that we should cherish and broaden this love—free from patriarchal control and romantic cliches—as a potential way to expand a liberated and democratic society.

"so that the poignant language Streeruwitz finds for love unfolds its full effect." - WDR 3 Gutenbergs Welt, Annalena Eßer

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Publisher: FISCHER Taschenbuch
Release: 28.02.2024
ISBN: 978-3-596-71066-9
96 Pages
Author: Marlene Streeruwitz

Marlene Streeruwitz

Marlene Streeruwitz , born in Baden near Vienna, studied Slavic Studies and Art History and begun her career as a director and author of both theatre and radio plays. She has received numerous awards for her novels, most recently the Bremen Literature Prize and the Prize of the Literature Houses. Her novel ‘’Die Schmerzmacherin‘’ was shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2011. Her most recent publications are the novel ‘’Flammenwand‘’ (longlisted for the 2019 German Book Prize), the Breitbach Poetics Lecture "Geschlecht. Zahl. Fall." (2021), the novel "Tage im Mai." (2023) and the volumes "Handbuch für die Liebe." and "Handbuch gegen den Krieg." (2024).