Proleterka as a best book of the year, and her sweet days of discipline won the premio bagutta as. In tim parks consummate translation with its spare, haunting quality of a prose poem, sweet days of discipline was selected as one of the london times literary supplements notable books of 1992. One would perhaps expect some of the singsongish languor of italian creep innot so, and the result is striking. Her work sees little point in exploring happiness, productivity, or selfunderstanding. Click to read more about sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy. The times literary supplement named proleterka as a best book of the year upon its us publication. Fleur jaeggy is a swiss author, who writes in italian.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy is simultaneously beautiful and disconcerting. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, translated by tim parks. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Translated into about twenty languages, fleur jaeggy is a true original of european writing. With the offhanded remorselessness of a young eve, the narrator describes her potentially lethal designs to win the affections of frederique, the apparently perfect new girl. Buy sweet days of discipline first edition by jaeggy, fleur, parks, t. Happiest days of your life 28 replies fleur jaeggy s novella is part of and other stories response to kamila shamsies provocation back in 2015, calling for a year in which only books written by women should be published.
Sweet days of discipline kindle edition by jaeggy, fleur. Italian writer jaeggy s fourth book but first to be published here. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy first published in italian as i beati anni del castigo in italy by adelphi edizioni in 1989. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, 9780811212359, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy librarything. 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. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s novel begins simply and innocently enough. Set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautif. Sweet days of discipline is published by new directions. These possible lives available for download and read online in other formats.
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. About the author fleur jaeggy a wonderful, brilliant, savage writer susan sontag was born in 1940 in zurich and lives in milan. Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy on the heels of i am the brother of xx and these possible lives, here is jaeggys fabulously witchy first book in english, with a new peter mendelsund cover a novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough. Sweet days of discipline fiction by fleur jaeggy translated by tim parks a novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggy s eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough. As of 2019, she has five novels translated into english. Pdf these possible lives download full pdf book download. On page two, the narrator tells us she remembers only baudelaire from her. Initially published in italian in 1989, fleur jaeggy s sweet days of discipline communicates the restlessness of female adolescence in deliciously pointed prose. Sweet days of discipline excerpt and other stories.
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. As concentrated as bullets, new stories by the inimitable fleur jaeggy fleur jaeggy is often noted for her terse and telegraphic style, which somehow. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy, paperback barnes. Sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy overdrive. But there is nothing truly simple or innocent here. English language translation by tim parks published by william heinemann in 1991. In sweet days of discipline, violence is not embodied.
This page contains details about the fiction book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy published in 1989. On the heels of i am the brother of xx and these possible lives, here is jaeggys fabulously witchy first book in english, with a new peter mendelsund cover a novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar switzerland, fleur jaeggys eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough. And so, last night, i began reading sweet days of discipline. Happiest days of your life 28 replies fleur jaeggys novella is part of and other stories response to kamila shamsies provocation back in 2015, calling for a year in which only books written by women should be published. Read book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy epub. Sweet days of discipline was fleur jaeggys 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. Pdf sweet days of discipline download full pdf book download.
Sweet days of discipline paperback third place books. The perils of designing a cover for a novel you truly love. Sweet days of discipline fleur jaeggy translated by tim parks. Fleur jaeggys novels in english translation include s. Jun 28, 2019 6 results visit s fleur jaeggy page and shop for all fleur jaeggy books. Sweet days of discipline contains all sorts of early warnings that this isnt a heartwarming tale of high school camaraderie.
Now two new fleur jaeggy books arrive, very different from one another, both turning her interest in portraiture into a theme in itself. There was a kind of elation, faint but constant throughout all those days of discipline, the sweet days of discipline. The times literary supplement named fleur jaeggy s s. Mar 02, 2018 sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy transl. Tls, sweet days of discipline is a peerless, terrifying, and gorgeous work. In those days i didnt work at all, and i never worked. 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. Sweet days of discipline, set in the 1950s at an elite girls boarding school in switzerland near the alpine waters of lake constance. Jaeggy grew up in switzerland but lives in italy and writes in italian. Upon its italian publication, it won the highlyregarded prizes, the premio bagutta and the premio speciale rapallo. Description book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy the story of a fourteenyearold girl living in a bording school in postwar switzerland download bo. New directions is a wonderful publisher to work with, one which tends to publish the kind of writers writers writers whose books benefit from unusual covers. I have never felt anything similar about a person, but with a time, a place. Download i am the brother of xx fleur jaeggy gini alhadeff ebook sweet days of discipline.
Sweet days of discipline ebook written by fleur jaeggy. Online book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy. Fleur jaeggy born 1940, zurich, is a swiss author, who writes in italian, as i learn from wikipedia. Sweet days of discipline and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The work of the swiss writer fleur jaeggy is similarly lacustrine, typified by cool observations that quickly plunge into uncertain depths. Heavily autobiographical, it tells a story of a 15yearold girls infatuation with her boarding school friend, frederique.
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In italy, she has been awarded the bagutta, boccaccio europa, moravia, and viareggio prizes, as well as, most recently, the premio donna citta di roma. The revolution in modern science by werner heisenberg 12. This book is the 1219th greatest fiction book of all fleur jaeggy author of sweet days of discipline sweet days of discipline book 1991 sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy sweet days of discipline quotes by fleur jaeggy book sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy description. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. The narrator recalls a time, in postwar switzerland, when she was a 14yearold student in a boardingschool for girls from all over the world. Read sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy available from rakuten kobo. Sweet days of discipline available for download and read online in other formats. Sweet days of discipline is narrated by a boarding school student who has attended several such schools, who has been defiant, who is a disinterested student, who becomes nearly obsessed with a new student disciplined, independent, nihilistic. 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 apparently perfect.
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