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Wonderful, Wonderful Times

Wonderful, Wonderful Times
Elfriede Jelinek Original title Die Ausgesperrten (German, 1980)

Wonderful, Wonderful Times is a novel by Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek, published in 1980 by Rowohlt Verlag. It is Jelinek's fifth book. An English version, translated by Michael Hulse, was released in 1990 by Serpent's Tail. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1982.

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“There is no such thing as the universal ‘Man’ never has been, never will be, there is the worker and there is the one who exploits the worker and those who abet him.”

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Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)

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“There are photographs under the pistol, showing his mother genitals. These genitals make no perceptible impression on him, though it was through them that he first entered the world.”

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“Intellectuals will still go on emphasizing free will even when they’ve got nothing left to eat.”

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Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)