The magnum opus of 2004 Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek?a spectral journey through the catastrophic history embedded in the landscape of Austria ?The surface of [Jelinek?s] prose cracks and bursts . . . fissured by phantasmagorical description, gallows humor, multilingual puns, and scouring sarcasm. . . . Jelinek?s novel is finally . . . a furious accumulation of lost moments and possible outcomes, an enormous, spectral kaleidoscope erected before the unfathomable.??Dustin Illingworth, Washington Post The Alpenrose is a mountain resort nestled in Austria?s scenic landscape among historic churches and castles. It is a vacation idyll that attracts tourists from all over Europe. It is also a mass burial site. Amid the snow-topped peaks and panoramic vistas, ghosts haunt the forest: Edgar Gstranz, a young skier who died in a car crash; Gudrun Bichler, a philosophy student...
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