Darkenbloom, a fictional Austrian border town true to its Gothic name, has the timbre of a fable or a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. A story in which nothing is as it first seem
Readers seeking a new take on the familiar themes of guilt and memory need look no further than Darkenbloom, the latest novel by the award-winning Eva Menasse. Comic yet chilling,
In Austria, an audience attuned to culture gets indignant if Austrian writers are treated as German writers. This happens now and again – I last noticed it in Eva Menasse’s cas
