Tuesday, August 10, 2010

My Author of The Month(July)

                Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973)



Once again a short story from my german collection stunned my mind.
Story named "Everything" depicts a father's emotinoal twist at the dawn of his son's birth.
A relentless  rewinding of life in a  farther's eye. Doubts and  fears about a new being .
I didn't know Bachmann till last month;i searched about her and i found her philosophical view quite amazing .
"Her works primarily focuses on themes like personal boundaries,esteblishment of the truth,and philosophy of language,the latter in the tradition of austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.Her doctoral dissertion expresses her growing disillusionment with Heidegerrian Existentialism,which was in part resolved through her growing interest in Wittgenstein whose Tractus Logico-Philosophicus significantly influenced  her relatioinship to language."from Wiki


I highly enjoyed the idea of "Everything" .
Need to mention excellent translation of Ali Asghar Haddad.

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