Fleur jaeggy is often noted for her terse and telegraphic style, which somehow brews up a profound paradox that seems bent on haunting the reader. Fleur jaeggys stories in i am the brother of xx are very, very short, and often obscure. I am the brother of xx jaeggy, fleur, alhadeff, gini on. This logic that what one seeks in art isnt always what one looks for in life extends to the cast of characters in swiss author fleur jaeggys i am the brother of xx, translated from. Few writers push the reader away with the coolness, dignity, and faint melancholy of fleur jaeggy. The first, i am the brother of xx, is a collection of. Nathan scott mcnamara discusses the isolation from which fleur jaeggy writes i am the brother of xx. Jaeggy seems nearly on the verge of dropping from cultural awareness, though perhaps this year that will change, with the release of i am the brother of xx alongside a set of her essays. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy paperback. Fleur jaeggys portraits of past lives the new york times. I am the brother of xx by fleur jaeggy translated by gini alhadeff 128 pp.
Now two new fleur jaeggy books arrive, very different from one another, both turning her interest in portraiture into a theme in itself. Sensational, hyperdistilled new stories by the inimitable fleur jaeggy. The stories read as jaeggys version of geometric abstraction, with the suggestion of plot and character suspended between the narrative. After completing her studies in switzerland, jaeggy went to live in rome, where she met ingeborg bachmann and thomas bernhard. Her work has been acclaimed as smallscale, intense, and impeccably focused the new yorker and addictive kirkus. I am the brother of xx and these possible lives, by fleur. As if taking stock of life through the lens of european history, swiss writer jaeggy s. I am the brother of xx by fleur jaeggy, 9780811225984, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. I am the brother of xx and these possible lives, by fleur jaeggy passion and reason essays and stories that tug at both the heart and the mind share on twitter opens new window. Fleur jaeggy born 31 july 1940 is a swiss author, who writes in italian as of 2019, she has five novels translated into english. I am the brother of xx by fleur jaeggy why this book should win.
Fleur jaeggys i am the brother of xx, translated by gini alhadeff, contains many. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Fleur jaeggy is a swiss writer, of italian mother tongue. Why i am the brother of xx by fleur jaeggy shouldnt win the 2018. The times literary supplement named proleterka as a best book of the year upon its us publication, and her sweet days of discipline won the premio bagutta and the premio speciale rapallo. Most of the 21 stories in this wideranging collection. Most of the 21 stories in this wideranging collection are only a few pages long, and theyre jewels of intellect and compassion.