--- product_id: 129413638 title: "Malina" price: "AED 111" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/129413638-malina store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Malina **Price:** AED 111 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Malina - **How much does it cost?** AED 111 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/129413638-malina) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Malina [Bachmann, Ingeborg, Boehm, Philip, Kushner, Rachel] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Malina Review: Bachman follower?, then yes.... - If you are a Bachman follower (and I am), this novel was a rich extension of her writing. The experience of reading was challenging, but worth every moment. The work becomes a testament to her desire to find a new way of writing in a post-war Europe. Review: existential angst in a spunky, brilliant woman - "Equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett," said the New York Times reviewer, and a friend urged this on me, so I picked it up. I was prepared for an ordeal, the last Beckett I'd read being the haunting but ultra-tedious "Ill Seen Ill Said." But "Malina" fell well short of Beckett's tedium quotient, in fact was full of personality and atmosphere. Reviews about "Malina's" symbolic content, the narrator's persona a standin for postwar Austria itself, enacting philosophic questions of identity, and a profile of neurosis, underplay the human level at which this interior monologue, interspersed with conversations, letters, dream accounts etc., is played. The unnamed narrator is decidedly and idiocyncratically human, decidedly a woman of her time (the 70s), decidedly articulate yet down-to-earth. As a male reader I was overwhelmed with the extent to which this successful, accomplished protagonist allows herself to be defined by her male relationships. Could her story still be relevant today, in our enlightened, post-feminist world? I daresay. Bachmann is fully aware of the pathos of her heroine's dependency and plays it to a fare-thee-well, not to mention the hideous past that haunts her. And yet because it's an interior monologue most of the time we identify, we are as close as close can be to narrator, inside her mind, after all: she isn't objectified but becomes a subject for us. The dream sequences, as the narrator recounts them to her paternalistic lover, are as grisly and hard to read as any I've encountered. The writer is skilled indeed in the vividness of her imagery, nevertheless keeping within the symbolic framework of dreams. I like the fact that there are no "sex scenes," even though it's obvious sex occurs regularly, and with two different men. And that the word "love" gets only one or two mentions, though the narrator loves to what for her is the fullest extent, with abandon. So for veterans of Beckett or Woolf or Thomas Bernhard or William Faulkner this isn't going to be such a grind or an ordeal as other reviewers here have suggested. I always have a feeling of exhilaration at the conclusion of any honest, successful, singular achievement in literature (or any other art)--a triumphant feeling, no matter how bleak the subject --and "Malina" afforded me one. A major accomplishment, for all its twists and turns. I had never heard of Bachmann until this novel, even though Austria already confers an "Ingeborg Bachmann Prize" for literature. "Malina" is considered her masterpiece. If you care at all about being culturally literate, this is almost a must-read. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #168,355 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #353 in Metaphysical & Visionary Fiction (Books) #7,827 in Literary Fiction (Books) #15,024 in Women's Literature & Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 143 Reviews | ## Images ![Malina - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41v3ckfEiLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bachman follower?, then yes.... *by E***G on March 19, 2026* If you are a Bachman follower (and I am), this novel was a rich extension of her writing. The experience of reading was challenging, but worth every moment. The work becomes a testament to her desire to find a new way of writing in a post-war Europe. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ existential angst in a spunky, brilliant woman *by B***O on July 8, 2013* "Equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett," said the New York Times reviewer, and a friend urged this on me, so I picked it up. I was prepared for an ordeal, the last Beckett I'd read being the haunting but ultra-tedious "Ill Seen Ill Said." But "Malina" fell well short of Beckett's tedium quotient, in fact was full of personality and atmosphere. Reviews about "Malina's" symbolic content, the narrator's persona a standin for postwar Austria itself, enacting philosophic questions of identity, and a profile of neurosis, underplay the human level at which this interior monologue, interspersed with conversations, letters, dream accounts etc., is played. The unnamed narrator is decidedly and idiocyncratically human, decidedly a woman of her time (the 70s), decidedly articulate yet down-to-earth. As a male reader I was overwhelmed with the extent to which this successful, accomplished protagonist allows herself to be defined by her male relationships. Could her story still be relevant today, in our enlightened, post-feminist world? I daresay. Bachmann is fully aware of the pathos of her heroine's dependency and plays it to a fare-thee-well, not to mention the hideous past that haunts her. And yet because it's an interior monologue most of the time we identify, we are as close as close can be to narrator, inside her mind, after all: she isn't objectified but becomes a subject for us. The dream sequences, as the narrator recounts them to her paternalistic lover, are as grisly and hard to read as any I've encountered. The writer is skilled indeed in the vividness of her imagery, nevertheless keeping within the symbolic framework of dreams. I like the fact that there are no "sex scenes," even though it's obvious sex occurs regularly, and with two different men. And that the word "love" gets only one or two mentions, though the narrator loves to what for her is the fullest extent, with abandon. So for veterans of Beckett or Woolf or Thomas Bernhard or William Faulkner this isn't going to be such a grind or an ordeal as other reviewers here have suggested. I always have a feeling of exhilaration at the conclusion of any honest, successful, singular achievement in literature (or any other art)--a triumphant feeling, no matter how bleak the subject --and "Malina" afforded me one. A major accomplishment, for all its twists and turns. I had never heard of Bachmann until this novel, even though Austria already confers an "Ingeborg Bachmann Prize" for literature. "Malina" is considered her masterpiece. If you care at all about being culturally literate, this is almost a must-read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ In an Unhinged Mind, Disappearing *by P***K on August 7, 2013* Reading Malina was a submersion into a mind, but unlike other narratives that follow a stream of consciousness through the missed connections and random construction of human thinking, Bachmann strings together a convincing and engaging view of that world. At times, reading the book requires labor, but much of it inspires the type of horrifying interest you sometimes get watching a major pileup on the freeway. I recommend this book to those who like their fiction on heavy on the psychology and light on the narrative. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/129413638-malina](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/129413638-malina) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*