Jill alexander essbaum s hausfrau is a beautiful dissection of a marriage in crisis and a modernday anna karenina tale. Anna is an american living with her husband and three children in his native switzerland. Hausfrau is a dark but intensely captivating debut novel by jill alexander essbaum. Hausfrau german edition kindle edition by essbaum, jill alexander, bonne, eva. Cycling through the many drafts of the books jacket.
From acclaimed poet jill alexander essbaum comes this debut novel, hausfrau. Jill alexander essbaum anna benz, an american woman in her thirties, lives in comfort and affluence with her swiss banker husband and their three young children in a pictureperfect suburb of zurich. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum, paperback barnes. I downloaded the ebook, which at the time had the same cover as the hardback, and devoured the book. Jill alexander essbaum and gina frangello gina frangello is the author of four works of fiction, including every kind of wanting and a life in men.
The book that will have everyone talking cosmopolitan anna benz, an american in her latethirties, lives with her swiss husband, bruno a banker and their three young children, in a. There is much to admire in essbaums intricately constructed, meticulously composed novel, including its virtuosic intercutting of past and present. No doubt about it, jill alexander essbaum took a risk with hausfrau. Jill alexander essbaums hausfrau is a beautiful dissection of a marriage in crisis and a modernday anna karenina tale. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum nook book ebook.
Hausfrau the free library of philadelphia overdrive. Hausfrau clinton essex franklin library system overdrive. Jill alexander essbaum is the author of several collections of poetry and her work has appeared in the best american poetry, as well as its sister anthology, the best american erotic poems, 1800present. Jill alexander essbaums debut novel is an unforgettable story of marriage, fidelity, sex, morality, and most especially self. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hausfrau german edition. Reading guide for hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum.
The experiences of her troubled heroine, anna, are met with simile, and oftenlovely figurations. This is going to be a super quick post because i stopped reading hausfrau at page 65. Dont judge a book by its cover til you see how long it. The book that will have everyone talking cosmopolitan. Though she leads a comfortable, wellappointed life. Anna benz, an american in her late thirties, lives with her swiss husband, brunoa bankerand their three young children in a postcardperfect suburb of zurich. Hausfrau isbn 9781447280798 pdf epub jill alexander essbaum. Hausfrau ebook by jill alexander essbaum rakuten kobo. Anna benz lives in comfort and affluence with her husband and three young children in dietlikon, a pictureperfect suburb of zurich. Though she leads a comfortable, wellappointed life, anna is falling apart inside.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hausfrau, by jill alexander essbaum, was decidedly well written, but it ended up just being sort of meh for me. Mar 25, 2015 essbaum tells the story mostly from annas perspective, but intersperses her psychotherapists comments at various moments. Hausfrau is the exceptional debut novel from the prizewinning american poet, jill alexander essbaum. Anna benz, the heroine of jill alexander essbaums frequently engrossing first novel, is a very bad girl indeed. The huffington post, and shelf awareness in hausfrau, anna karenina goes fifty shades. Interview with jill alexander essbaum why dont you write me a trashy book and make us all rich. Navigating the lines between lust and love, guilt and shame, excuses and reasons, anna benz is an electrifying heroine whose passions and. Buy hausfrau air iri ome by jill alexander essbaum isbn. Haunting and elegant, hausfrau is the exceptional debut novel from the prizewinning american poet, jill alexander essbaum.
Essbaum tells the story mostly from annas perspective, but intersperses her psychotherapists comments at various moments. Reading guide for hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum discussion guide for book clubs. Buy hausfrau main market by jill alexander essbaum isbn. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hausfrau. Hausfrau isbn 9781447280798 pdf epub jill alexander. Anna, the hausfrau of the title, is riding on one of those predictable. Vincent millay, simon armitage, and sylvia plath, essbaums poems bring together sex, divinity. The book that will have everyone talking cosmopolitan anna benz, an american in her latethirties, lives with her swiss husband, bruno a banker and their three young children, in a postcardperfect suburb of zurich. I like to keep this blog upbeat, but i also try my best to give honest opinions here. She cofounded and served as the executive editor for many years at other voices books, and has also been the fiction editor at the nervous breakdown and the sunday editor of the rumpus. Hausfrau fort vancouver regional library district overdrive. Hausfrau, by jill alexander essbaum the new york times. She has a nice life, by all accounts, but shes bored. Chicago tribunefor a first novelist, essbaum is extraordinary because she is a poet.
Jill alexander essbaum s hausfrau gives readers a snapshot of an american womans life, anna, over the course of a few years while living in zurich, switzerland with her husband and children. The tightly circumscribed world anna inhabits seems to the reader to be entirely of her own making, though whether she can help this is another. What isnt mine by jill alexander essbaum poetry magazine. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum is published by pan macmillan in paperback and hardback and as an ebook and audiobook. For readers of the girl on the train and the woman upstairs comes a striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum penguin random house. Swiss trains run on time, we are told at the start of jill alexander essbaums debut novel. March 17, 2015 creators jill alexander essbaum author. Actually, its more a snapshot of her mood and how it influences her overall behavior fyi.
A member of the core faculty at the university of california, riversides palm desert low. Anna benz, an american in her late thirties, lives with her swiss husband, bruno a banker and their three young children in a postcardperfect suburb of zurich. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The ultimate edit i read this at a sitting, transfixed by this insightful and shocking portrait of a woman on the edge. Chicago tribune for a first novelist, essbaum is extraordinary because she is a poet. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum publishers lunch. I held onto a paperback arc of this novel for a few years because the premise and cover were cool, but the story was. She is the winner of the bakeless poetry prize and recipient of two nea literature fellowships. A novel by jill alexander essbaum out march 17, random house offers a rare peek into the book design process.
It is an extremely insightful psychological study of an american expat living in switzerland with her swiss husband and their three children. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum publishers lunch bookateria. By jill alexander essbaum about this poet born in bay city, texas, poet and editor jill alexander essbaum was educated at the university of houston, the university of texas, and the episcopal seminary of the southwest. Although she certainly didnt have her father in mind while writing the steamy sex scenes of her captivating debut novel, hausfrau, she. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum epub, mobi, pdf download.
A novel one of the best, controversial books ive ever read easily 5 stars for me, and for all of the best and worst reasons. Read hausfrau a novel by jill alexander essbaum available from rakuten kobo. Mar 29, 2015 anna benz, the heroine of jill alexander essbaums frequently engrossing first novel, is a very bad girl indeed. I liked this setup because the doctors perspective gives the reader a much needed respite from annas frustrating thought processes. A frustrated housewife in zurich drifts from bed to bed in this uncompromising pageturner about depression. A novel by jill alexander essbaum anna was a good wife, mostly. For readers of the girl on the train and the woman upstairs comes a striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles to live a life with meaning.
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