Married Life by David Vogel

Married Life by David Vogel

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In the Vienna of the 1920s, the tortured marriage of Gurdwell (a Jewish intellectual) and Thea (an Austrian baroness), is set against the backdrop of a city whose empire had collapsed during World War I. Social decay is mirrored by the despair and cruelty of their disintegrating marriage.

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Married Life by David Vogel

A rich and powerful novel, with the protagonists and the historical setting vividly depicted, this title holds it's place in the urban novel genre as a modern classic in a strong European tradition. This novel belongs to the urban novel genre, and is set in the Vienna of the 1920's. The tortuous and humiliating marriage of Gurdwell and Thea is evocatively set against the backdrop of a city which had witnessed the collapse of it's Empire in the 1st world war. Social decay in the external environment of the city is mirrored by despair, cruelty, depravity and disintegration within the marriage, narrated in rich and vivid prose.
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ISBN 13 9781870015707
ISBN 10 1870015703
Title Married Life
Author David Vogel
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Year published 1998-11-02
Number of pages 486
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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