Lust

Elfriede Jelinek

earliest edition we have, 1989 Rowohlt, 1989 254 pages

"In a quaint Austrian ski resort, things are not quite what they seem. Hermann, the manager of a paper mill, has decided that sexual gratification begins at home. Which means Gerti - his wife and property. Gerti is not asked how she feels about the use Hermann puts her to. She is a receptacle into which Hermann pours his juices, nastily, briefly, brutally. The long-suffering and battered Gerti thinks she has found he...

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Editions we hold

Lust edition · 2016 · Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag · 268 pages · 9783499130427
Desejo edition · 2013 · Tordesilhas · 240 pages · 9788564406681
Deseo / Lust paperback · 2006 · Booket · 234 pages · 9788423338054
Lust paperback · 1998 · Jacqueline Chambon · 282 pages · 9782877110556
Lust edition · 1992 · Serpent's Tail · 207 pages
Lust edition · 1989 · Rowohlt · 254 pages
Lust edition · 1989 · Rowohlt · 254 pages

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