About the Author

Marlen Haushofer is most famous for The Wall. She won numerous awards in her lifetime, including the Grand Austrian State Prize for literature. Although nearly forgotten after her death in 1970, she is now experiencing a revival, with a film of The Wall, Die Wand, receiving rave reviews at the BFI London Film Festival 2012. Amanda Prantera is a translator and herself the author of a dozen widely acclaimed and translated novels, including Capri File, Don Giovanna, Spoiler, and Wolfsong. 'I can think of no teller of Gothic tales who betters her,' says the TLS.