Chapter 1 Preface to Todtnau
Editor's Choice
Jelinek represents a kind of bloody truth, and no literary fiction touches the human soul more deeply than truth, though it may be extremely unpleasant not to touch it.To read Jelinek means more than ordinary courage.
——Associate Professor Hu Chunchun, Department of German, Tongji University
The social phenomena or social problems that Jelinek's works criticize exist in both Western and Eastern countries.For example, the injustice of society, the inequality between men and women, the violence of men against women, etc... As a mirror of society, she allows us to see the problems and shortcomings in society more directly.
——Ms. Figabe, Director of the Cultural Office of the Austrian Embassy in China
In her novels and dramas, various voices and anti-voices flow and interact in her works, and she exposes the absurdity and threatening power of social outdated thinking and language with her unique language passion.
——Swedish Academy