Quote by: Elfriede Jelinek

August said you row?” she asked. Her voice spilled over me like warm syrup. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the drugging sensation then realized she’d asked me a question. “Yeah,” I answered belatedly. Good. A short answer but it’s better than mouth diarrhea. “I row...a-uh-boat...with-uh-my teammates.” Superb! Just-uh-superb.


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Author Bio


  • NameElfriede Jelinek
  • DescriptionAustrian writer
  • BornOctober 20, 1946
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionWriter; Playwright; Screenwriter; Poet; Translator; Novelist
  • WorksThe Piano Teacher; Women As Lovers; The Children Of The Dead
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Georg Büchner Prize; Walter-Hasenclever-Preis Der Stadt Aachen; ; Franz Kafka Prize; Heinrich-Böll-Preis; Stig Dagerman Prize