Further Reading 319 If you’re into wines, this book is for you. It gives a history
of Austrian wines, discusses the different wine-growing
regions, and has several maps to guide you in your search
for the perfect wine.
FICTION
The Road into the Open. Arthur Schnitzler. Berkeley: University
of California Press, 1992. (First published in 1908.)
One of the richest portrayals of fin-de-siècle Vienna ever
written. Following a group of Jewish intellectuals, the
author captures the spirit of Vienna as Europe’s cultural
and intellectual centre, and relates how it came to be
threatened by an anti-Semitism that presaged the rise of
fascism decades later.
World of Yesterday. Stefan Zweig. Italy: Hesperides Press,
- (First published in 1943.)
In this moving memoir, Zweig describes the horrors of the
tumultuous years of the early 20th. The book is a homage
to the culture and society that were destroyed during the
political upheaval.
Correction. Thomas Bernhard. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1979.
Although the author’s style of writing may be dense and
difficult to follow at times, this book is worth the effort.
One of Austria’s best modern authors, Bernhard raises
philosophical issues in this story of a suicide.
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams. Peter Handke. New York: New York
Review, 2002. (First published in 1974.)
One of Austria’s well-known contemporary playwrights
and authors, Handke tells the story of his mother’s life
and struggles in a post-war Austria which ultimately ended
with her suicide.
Darkness Spoken: Collected Poems of Ingeborg Bachmann.
Ingeborg Bachmann (translated by Peter Filkins). Chicago:
Zephyr Press, 2005.