Hesperus Modern Voices: Mine-Haha : or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls (Paperback)

from papalaz

If you have heard the name Frank Wedekind it is almost certainly in relation to the G W Pabst silent classic Pandora's Box. Pabst's film is based on two plays by Wedekind. Alternatively you may have heard of him via Alban `Berg's incomplete opera Lulu. Here though we have three short stories (or ...

from felicityann86

The Hesperus edition of Frank Wedekind's novella 'Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls' includes two accompanying short stories, 'The Burning of Egliswyl', and 'The Sacrificial Lamb', which I found much more enjoyable than the titular novella itself. That is not to say that I didn...

from thisstage

This new Hesperus Press edition contains three stories: the titular novella and the short stories The Burning of Egliswyl and The Sacrificial Lamb. Each relies primarily on first-person narration to tell a story that is ultimately rooted in sexual urges and society's handling of those urges - but...

from KromesTomes

[Mine-Haha] by [[Frank Wedekind]] I wasn't familiar with Wedekind before reading this book, but he was apparently more well-known for his work in the theater than for his fiction, which can only make me think he was an amazing dramatist. The title story is fantastic, compelling and chilling in eq...

from wrmjr66

This collection consists of a novella and two short stories, and all three show Wedekind's interest in sexuality beyond societal norms. The title novella is by far the most disturbing, as it describes a sort of distopian society where young children are trained in dancing and theater for the adul...