Beneath black stars

Although in the second half of the 20th century a large number of exceptional writers emerged from the small Austrian Republic, Austrian writers have felt themselves excluded from literature's mainstream. This collection provides an opportunity to sample the rich variety of post-war Austrian writing. Contributors include Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek, Ingeborg Bachman, Erich Fried and Lilian Faschinger. Martin Chalmers lives in London where he works as a German translator. The authors he has translated include Victor Klemperer, Robert Walser and Hubert Fichte.