Austrian Identities
by Craig Decker
Contents
Acknowledgments................................................................................................................. i
Kathy Brzoviƒ
Austrian Identities in a Twentieth-Century
Landscape of Historical Change.............................................................................................. 1
Ingeborg Bachmann
Sightseeing in an Old City................................................................................................... 14
Translated by Margaret McCarthy
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The Tale of the 672nd Night................................................................................................ 29
Translated by Frank G. Ryder
Arthur Schnitzler
Lieutenant Gustl.................................................................................................................. 55
Translated by Richard L. Simon
and revised by Caroline Wellbery
Joseph Roth
The Bust of the Emperor...................................................................................................... 74
Translated by John Hoare
Robert Musil
The Blackbird..................................................................................................................... 88
Translated by Thomas Frick and Wilhelm Wiegandt
amended by Burton Pike
Ödön von Horváth
Crossing the Border............................................................................................................ 94
Translated by Craig Decker
Ingeborg Bachmann
Youth in an Austrian Town.................................................................................................. 101
Among Murderers and Madmen........................................................................................... 120
Translated by Michael Bullock
Thomas Bernhard
The Italian........................................................................................................................ 127
Translated by Eric Williams
Crimes of an Innsbruck Merchant’s Son................................................................................ 137
Translated by Craig Decker
Barbara Frischmuth
Oh, My Dear Augustine....................................................................................................... 147
A Neighbor of Mine and Musil’s.......................................................................................... 151
Translated by Craig Decker
Peter Henisch
Baronkarl.......................................................................................................................... 182
Translated by Craig Decker
Felix Mitterer
Inventory........................................................................................................................... 186
Translated by Craig Decker
Elisabeth Reichart
The Sunday Roast264
How Far is Mauthausen?......................................................................................... .......... 188
Translated by Linda C. DeMeritt
Doron Rabinovici
The Right Nose.................................................................................................................. 195
Translated by Craig Decker
Explanatory Notes.............................................................................................................. 203
About the Authors.............................................................................................................. 221
Austria in the Twentieth Century:
A Chronology.................................................................................................................... 227