The Wall by Marlen Haushofer - translated by Shaun Whiteside

[@DebbieUrbanski468]

Oh this is such wonderful insight on a wonderful book! I am envious for those readers who get to experience The Wall for the first time, but I will say that it holds up to many, many readings. Thanks for shining your light on this novel, Chris!

[@bonanonity]

The movie made based on this book is also phenomenal and incredibly haunting. It still slips into my mind from time to time.

[@dagmoon]

This video is amazing! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and passages from the book. It's been on my TBR forever, languishing in digital dust. But after your video, I MUST read it.

[@Paromita_M]

I reread it earlier this year and it became an all-time favourite. Beautiful writing. Thank you for this insightful discussion 🙏🏽.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Yes, yes, yes, it is exquisite!

[@cate5029]

Thank you for your very insightful thoughts of this novel. I look forward to reading this myself and then relisten to this video.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

My pleasure! Enjoy!

[@sventhemoose1218]

That was a great recommendation Chris, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Some very interesting topics are repeating themselves in this book - What is the individual without society? how does human relationship with nature change when living outside civilization? If our achievements' worth is only what society deems worthwhile, do they have real value? and so many more thought provoking ideas. Brilliant.

[@sonybluraydisk]

I'm glad to see you review this. Haushofer was born very close to where I'm from and I loved reading it a few years ago. Thanks for the great video, Chris!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Wow, I bet that area is so beautiful and poetic. All best to you!

[@sonybluraydisk]

@@LeafbyLeaf It really is, Carinthia is worth a visit!

[@literarylayer]

Wow, you’ve made me want to read this book asap. It sounds amazing

[@LeafbyLeaf]

It really, truly is.

[@1c1pal]

I'm currently reading The Jib Door by Marlen Haushofer. The Wall is up next.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

I need to read more of her work now!

[@Draxtor]

CHRIS OMG this can not be a coincidence: I had read "The Wall" years ago and it is in my Top 10 and then last week I found her complete short story collection in one of these free libraries in a Munich suburb. I am telling you: these short stories are absolutely incredible. I am unfortunately quite certain they have not been translated but I will keep investigating!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Wow! I love these literary serendipities and synchronicities! Sounds like I need to learn German. 😁

[@Draxtor]

@@LeafbyLeaf you need to learn German and I need to learn Polish to read "Infinite Jest" in what people tell me is the BEST foreign translation 😅

[@stephenmorton8017]

They made a movie of this book and it's very powerful. I still think about it occasionally. Since the wall was never explained it gave the impression that it was an act of God like some kind of Old testament punishment for the failings of mankind. Each person isolated on only a patch of ground. Horrifying.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Ah, interesting! I'll check that movie out now!

[@MaximTendu]

First time I hear of Marlen Haushofer. I think I'll get myself a copy of The Wall, as it's making me think of a beloved Belgian movie called 'Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai De Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' by Chantal Akerman, with some Austrian vibes into the bargain à la Michael Haneke and/or Thomas Bernhard. But that might be due to my too-human instinct of anchoring new discoveries in familiar territory. Thank you as always👍 And very nice shot, by the by- new camera?

[@LeafbyLeaf]

I watched that movie for the first time over Christmas break! It was excruciating in the best-worst ways! I hadn't thought of that connection to this book, but I definitely see it. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I _do_ see similarities! Not a new camera, but I took some time to fiddle with the settings to get a better shot, so, thank you so much for noticing!

[@kintrap5376]

Raglan sleeve polos are by far my favorite type of shirt.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Hey--thanks for letting me know what these are called! (I really didn't know.)

[@ana-anatomiadolivro-2244]

All it took was you mentioning The Birds ♥️

[@LeafbyLeaf]

🙏🙏🙏

[@katewillread1509]

Read this last month and spent an entire weekend crying over it.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

It really is a stunner of a book.

[@katewillread1509]

@@LeafbyLeaf yes, it lives on my favorites shelf now

[@storyinternships9636]

I'm always looking forward to Leaf by Leaf... The Wall sounds like a heavy read though 😊 purging and getting to the marrow of life.. I'm all for it ❤

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Thanks so much! It really is sooooo good!

[@marcelhidalgo1076]

I've had my eye on this book for a few months.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Oh, yeah--it's time. :)

[@herrdetlef7370]

Hello chris, thank you for that video. I am always surprised about which german books are translated into english. I live in germany and in my opinion tbe most relevant author in germany now might be Bodo Kirchhoff. As i see, there is no english translation of his books. On the other hand i see yoh making reviews of american books which are not even translated into german, for example the novels of Alexander Theroux or william t vollmann (europe central is the only novel translated into german) and many otbers you reviewed in your videos. What i wanna to say is, that in my opinion a readers life is just limeted by whre he lives. In the us yoe maybe have the whole choice. Here in bermany i think we have aome good origin literature as well and also some very good translations. But i'm sometimes asking myself, if in some smaller countries with not very common languages the reading experience might belimited just by the fact,that tber are no translations and not that amount of originnative literature. Sorry for that digression,butso eti es ireally think abouthow this fact of the locationof the reader affects the rwading experience. And by the way, i read the wall too andnit realley blew me away. There is also a german movie which i can also recommend. Greetings from germany and sorry for the babble ;)

[@herrdetlef7370]

And sorry for the spelling mistakes

[@nolandost3070]

Hey Chris, I think it would be valuable for your channel to include an Amazon affiliate link in your videos. You get a bit of kickback, at least I think that's what happens, plus it helps promote the book that you love. Just a thought. Great video!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Great idea! I'm working on setting this up with an independent-bookstore-supporting entity bookshop.org.

[@watermelonman3000]

Haircut still looking great, my man. Suits you very well. Read Clark by Brendan Connell and also the stories of Justin Isis if you get a chance. They're affiliated writers of the Neo-Decadent movement who are well worth checking out.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Thanks so much! (I'm currently slightly growing it out.) And thanks even more for these recommendations!

[@watermelonman3000]

@@LeafbyLeaf Pleasant Tales by Justin Isis is short, punchy and easily available on kindle. The literary equivalent of a shot of lemon sherbet sorbet to the dome: great as a palette cleanser.

[@somadood]

gm 🫖

[@LeafbyLeaf]

☕☕☕