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Robert Menasse Austria PWF 2006
His works include the trilogy Wings of Stone, Meaningful Certainty, and Reverse Thrust. Though he is primarily known as an author, he has also established himself as an political and social theorist, as exemplified by collections of essays such as Dullness is Kin to Power.
His latest novel, The Expulsion from Hell, was published in 2001.
Robert Menasse lives in Vienna.
Robert Menasse in conversation with Michael March
04.02.2008 Interviews
I think Robert Menasse lives in Vienna - at least he pretends to live in Vienna - often found in his studio, a transformed bordello with genet's blessings, near an old marked-place.
Robert Menasse: Forever Young
25.01.2008 Readings
My father was horrified when I told him that I wanted to get married and that the date and place had already been fixed. He shook his head with his typical facial expression, a mixture of disgust, incomprehension, and resignation. As long as he put on this face with me, I knew that, in his eyes, I still couldn’t be seen as an adult.
Robert Menasse: Long Time No See
25.01.2008 Readings
When I see an abstract picture, all I see is an abstract picture. A Rorschach test evokes in me nothing more that the recognition of a Rorschach test. When I see a floating maiden, I see a woman who seems to float with the help of a magician’s various hidden technical safety measures. It is for his skill of making these safety measure invisible that the magician is paid so that, here too, I can trust my eyes. And with regard to the lasting plausibility of the small world in which I live, any sense that my eyesight might be impaired couldn’t possibly arise. I don’t know all possibilities. But when I see one, I know it’s real.
