Lilian Faschinger (Book order)

Lilian Faschinger Book order

January 1, 1950

Lilian Faschinger offers a sharp critique of Austrian society and customs, channeled through a distinctly female perspective. Her fiction, encompassing novels, short stories, and poetry, delves into the female experience with insightful commentary on societal norms. Faschinger's work also includes acclaimed translations, demonstrating a profound engagement with literary traditions.

Vienna Passion

448 pages
16 hours of reading

3.9(32)Add rating

VIENNA PASSION is a novel of love, mistresses and music. It tells the story of Rosa, a chambermaid, royal mistress and murderess, whose life mirrors all the sordid glamour of Vienna at the turn of the century. Rosa's story is interleaved with another woman's tentative romance: that of Magnolia, a young New Yorker, and her singing-teacher in Vienna. Despite her lover's hypochondria and mother-fixation, however, Magnolia is just as much her own woman as Rosa ever was. More so, indeed, than either woman could ever have imagined.