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Fleur jaeggy has 14 books on goodreads with 12976 ratings. New directions publishing sweet days of discipline. Sweet days of discipline was fleur jaeggys first novel to be translated into english, and was. Black friday sale on now save up to 80% off rrp shop sale. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy 1993, trade. Were open for carryout and limited dinein service, and delivery via grubhub only. Oct 28, 2020 fleur jaeggy was born in 1940 in switzerland.
Parks is also a renowned translator from the italian and lives in verona. The work of the swiss writer fleur jaeggy is similarly lacustrine, typified by cool observations that quickly plunge into uncertain depths. All about sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy. Jaeggys fourth novel, sweet days of discipline translated by tim parks, made her name, in 1989. Discipline is the pivot, as it is in the two bestknown examples of the genre, both set in the 1920s. Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy by mzf12291 issuu. Sweet days of discipline two dollar radio headquarters. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy librarything. Tim parks is the author of more than twenty novels and works of nonfiction, including the bestselling italian neighbors and an italian education. Oct 29, 2019 sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, 9780811229036, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Nov 20, 2020 sweet days of discipline is a book that is heavy in atmosphere and unconcerned with plot. On the heels of i am the brother of xx and these possible lives, here is jaeggy s fabulously witchy first book in english, with a new peter mendelsund cover a novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough.
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On the heels of i am the brother of xx and these possible lives, here is jaeggy s fabulously witchy first book in english, with a new peter mendelsund cover. But there is nothing truly simple or innocent here. At fourteen i was a boarder in a school in the appenzell. Translated into about twenty languages, fleur jaeggy is a true original of european writing. Fleur jaeggys portraits of past lives the new york times. The label gets used so frequently to mean anything mostly concerning women, created by one that the word mostly connotes, at this point, more of a sanguine. Sweet days of discipline, set in the 1950s at an elite girls boarding school in switzerland near the alpine waters of lake constance, was originally published in italian in 1989 and was the first of her. In tim parks consummate translation with its spare, haunting quality of a prose poem, tls, sweet days of discipline is a peerless, terrifying, and gorgeous work. Fleur jaeggy a wonderful, brilliant, savage writer susan sontag was born in 1940 in zurich and lives in milan. I am the brother of xx fleur jaeggy 20170725 in fiction. With the offhanded knowingness of a remorseless young eve, the narrator describes life as a captive of the school and her designs to win the affections of the seemingly perfect new. Online book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy hapter format selling ibooks wiki original. Here are some of my favourite quotes from the edition i have.
Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy elif the reader. With the offhanded knowingness of a remorseless young eve, the narrator describes life as a captive of. Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy translated by tim parks sheffield london new haven. Sweet days of discipline volume 758 of naval doctrine publication volume 758 of new directions paperbook. Nov 03, 2017 but over the past four decades the 77yearold swiss italian writer has given us at least two real masterpieces. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sweet days of discipline by book staff 20180321t18. A novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur. Read sweet days of discipline pdf ebook by fleur jaeggy epub. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough. Pdf sweet days of discipline download full pdf book. Sweet days of discipline is a peerless, terrifying, and gorgeous work. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy the greatest books.
Jaeggy s prose is effortless and the narrative deceptively simple. We are open for book browsing to a limited number of guests. Jun 24, 1993 sweet days of discipline is a novelor rather novellaabout a girls boarding school. Contents title page sweet days of discipline about the author copyright. The times literary supplement named proleterka as a best book of the year upon its us publication, and her sweet days of discipline won the premio bagutta and the premio speciale rapallo. Fleur jaeggy s pen is an engravers needle depicting roots, twigs, and branches of the tree of. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy 9780811229036. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautif. The times literary supplement named proleterka as a best book of the year upon its us publication. Sign up for librarything to find out whether youll like this book. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s eerily beautif.
Jaeggy has the voice down just right for most of the short book, and describes the general feeling of these schooldays convincingly. She writes in italian, and five of her books have been translated into english. Now jaeggy has come up with seven stories, each at some deep level in dark complicity with the others, all as terse and spare as if etched with a steel tip. Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy translated by tim parks. Oct 29, 2019 sweet days of discipline fiction by fleur jaeggy. The austere fiction of fleur jaeggy the new yorker. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough. With the offhanded knowingness of a remorseless young eve, the narrator describes life as a captive. Fleur jaeggys eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough.
Sweet days of discipline was fleur jaeggy s first novel to be translated into english, and was originally published in the uk by william heinemann in 1991 upon its italian publication, it won the highlyregarded prizes, the premio bagutta and the premio speciale rapallo. Oct 29, 2019 on the heels of i am the brother of xx and these possible lives, here is jaeggy s fabulously witchy first book in english, with a new peter mendelsund cover a novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough. Click to read more about sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy. Proleterka as a best book of the year, and her sweet days of discipline won the premio bagutta as well as the premio speciale rapallo. Fleur jaeggy s most popular book is sweet days of discipline.
Remembering time, as for its author, the rest of ones life, said joseph brodsky of fleur jaeggy s novel, sweet days of discipline. Online book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Sweet days of discipline excerpt and other stories.
Oct 29, 2019 sweet days of discipline kindle edition by jaeggy, fleur, parks, tim. My edition of sweet days of discipline was translated by tim parks, and much credit to him. Pdf download sweet days of discipline free nwc books. Jan 11, 2017 and perhaps they were the best years, i thought. About the author fleur jaeggy a wonderful, brilliant, savage writer susan sontag was born in 1940 in zurich and lives in milan. Fleur jaeggy is an italian speaking, swissborn writer. Theres some good observation, and a decent sense of humour when her parents look for one last boarding school for her at a point when one thinks they cant do. Upon its italian publication, it won the highlyregarded prizes, the premio bagutta and the premio speciale rapallo. There was a kind of elation, faint but constant throughout all those days of discipline, the sweet days of discipline. And so, last night, i began reading sweet days of discipline. Fleur jaeggy born 31 july 1940 is a swiss author, who writes in italian as of 2019, she has five novels translated into english. Fleur jaeggy is a swiss author, who writes in italian.
Nov 19, 2019 in sweet days of discipline, violence is not embodied. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any. No 455 sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, translated. Her work has been acclaimed as smallscale, intense, and impeccably focused the new yorker and addictive kirkus. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy goodreads. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, paperback. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, paperback barnes.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sweet days of discipline. Sweet days of discipline kindle edition by jaeggy, fleur, parks, tim. I am not sure how long after her boarding school years our narrator is meant to have told her story as at times she is breathtakingly insightful, but can also be spectacularly naive. May 04, 1993 sweet days of discipline is a strange novella with a distinctive cold style that, for me, took a bit of getting into, but was worth the effort.
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