Women as Lovers
novel by Jelinek
Also known as: “Die Liebhaberinnen”
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Women as Lovers (Die Liebhaberinnen) is a 1975 novel by Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek. The novel is a satire that depicts the entrapment and victimization of women within a dehumanizing and patriarchal society. Jelinek, a Nobel Prize winner known for her controversial works on gender relations and female sexuality, uses language and class consciousness to explore dependency and authority. Her writing often rejects traditional literary techniques in favor of linguistic and thematic experimentation.1
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