Austrian Fantasy

[porphyry]

Soon I shall finish a book called The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy: 1890-2000, a very good selection of stories if fantasy fiction is to your liking. A strange mixture, indeed, and not too heavy on Kafka (whom I do like quite well), and the Kafka that was included departed from the standard Metamorphosis, The Trial, etc.

But today, in a story near the end of the book, I read a quote that is both decadent and paradoxical: "We have always betrayed each other as honestly as possible," he said, and trembled.

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[lordtangent.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing that book once! I thought it was a strange concept, like a collection of Portuguese Police Procedurals or Lithuanian Chicklit.

Or maybe "Austrian Fantasy," like "Austrian Economics," refers to a particular genre well-known to specialists.

[(Anonymous)]

It was a strange book--one of the ones where there a few stories I will remember for a long, long time.

Lithuanian Chicklit--now that's funny. I wonder what chicklit is, exactly, as a genre? Can't say I've ever read any myself. I once tried to watch portions of a horrible, horrible movie called Bridget Jones's Diary with someone. This other person kept laughing at the movie and I thought it was awful! I had to find something else to do.

Do the Bronte sisters count?

[malkhos.livejournal.com]

That was me above; I don't know why it posted anonymously.