Spiegelgeschichte

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Spiegelgeschichte (English: Mirror Story) is a short story by the Austrian author Ilse Aichinger written in 1949.[1] The story is unique in that it is written backwards, beginning with the end of the biography of the unnamed woman, and ending with her early childhood. It is written in the second-person narrative.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Ilse Aichinger (Austrian author) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ A Structural Approach to Aichinger's "Spiegelgeschichte." W. Michael Resler. Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German , Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring, 1979), pp. 30-37 Published by: Blackwell Publishing.
  3. ↑ Ilse Aichinger's Absurd "I." Patricia Haas Stanley. German Studies Review , Vol. 2, No. 3 (Oct., 1979), pp. 331-350. Published by: German Studies Association
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