Although in the second half of the 20th century, a large number of exceptional writers emerged from the Austrian Republic, their relationship to the cultural mainstream was stormy: Thomas Bernhard went so far as to refuse to allow his plays to be performed in Austria after his death. This collection is an excellent opportunity to sample a rich literature that remains central to European culture.

Contents:

• Beneath Black Stars by Heimito von Doderer
• Gertrud's Ear by Konrad Bayer
• A Place for Coincidences by Ingeborg Bachmann
• In the Poorhouse by Thomas Bernhard
• Blind Chance and Roast Duck by H.C. Artmann
• A Platonic Meal by Alfred Kolleritsch
• The Warmth of the Nest by Brigitte Schwaiger
• Brutal Curiosity by Peter Henisch
• The Bridge by Gert Jonke
• My Commission by Erich Fried
• A Child's Desire by Antonia Fian
• on the eroticism of distance by meta merz
• Conjectures about the Queen of the Night by Werner Kofler
• The Kargeralm Shepherd by Margit Schreiner
• Sex - The Other Homeland by Sabine Scholl
• Clever Kids Die Young by Robert Schindel
• Epopee on the Loading of a Ship; Story of headgear in Skopje; Calling to an Escaped Parrot in Patras, Peloponnese, 20 December 1987; Epopee of the Glow-Worms by Peter Handke
• Road on the Edge of Vienna by Elisabeth Reichart
• A Nose For It by Doron Rabinovici
• As a Stranger by Lillian Faschinger
• But Your Fading Remains by Georg Pichler
• No Man is (an Island of the Blessed) by Elfriede Jelinek