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A review by rachel_the_managing_editor
The Thirtieth Year by Ingeborg Bachmann
4.0
4.18
So many quotable lines and rich themes. It seems these are the types of stories that can be revisited over and over again in different stages of life. I wonder if Bachmann chose the title story, or if it was decided for her. To me, one of the biggest themes was truth: the quest for it, the bending of it, the shiftiness of it, its shortcomings. "There is something terrible about the truth because it indicates so little." Don't stop after a few stories. They only get better.
So many quotable lines and rich themes. It seems these are the types of stories that can be revisited over and over again in different stages of life. I wonder if Bachmann chose the title story, or if it was decided for her. To me, one of the biggest themes was truth: the quest for it, the bending of it, the shiftiness of it, its shortcomings. "There is something terrible about the truth because it indicates so little." Don't stop after a few stories. They only get better.