Dramatic sketches full of surprising, unpredictable twists and turns from a major twentieth-century German-language author.  A member of the Gruppe 47 writers†group which sought to renew German-language literature after World War II, Ilse Aichinger (1921†2016) achieved great acclaim as a writer of fiction, poetry, prose, and radio drama. The vignettes in At No Time each begin in recognizable situations, often set in Vienna or other Austrian cities, but immediately swerve into bizarre encounters, supernatural or fantastical situations. Precisely drawn yet disturbingly skewed, they are both naturalistic and disjointed, like the finest surrealist paintings. Created to be experienced on the page or on the radio rather than the stage, they echo the magic realism of her short stories. Even though they frequently take a dark turn, they remain full of humor, agility, and poetic freedom. Â
Biografie (Ilse Aichinger)
Ilse Aichinger, geb. 1921 in Wien, erhielt für ihren Roman, ihre Gedichte, Hörspiele und Prosastücke, zahlreiche literarische Auszeichnungen, u. a. 1952 den Preis der Gruppe 47, 1982 den Petrarca-Preis, 1983 den Franz-Kafka-Preis, 1995 den Österreichischen Staatspreis für Literatur. Ilse Aichinger lebt in Wien.