Women as Lovers
By Elfriede Jelinek; Martin Chalmers (Translator)
(Serpent's Tail, Paperback, 9781852422370, 192pp.)
Publication Date: July 1995
Categories: General
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Description
The setting is an idyllic Alpine village where a women's underwear factory nestles in the woods. Two factory workers, Brigitte and Paula, dream and talk about finding happiness, a comfortable home and a good man. They realise that their quest will be as hard as work at the factory. Brigitte subordinates her feelings and goes for Heinz, a young, plump, up-and-coming businessman. With Paula, feelings and dreams become confused. She gets pregnant by Erich, the forestry worker. He's handsome, so they marry. Brigitte gets it right. Paula gets it wrong.











