Talking Location With … M J Robotham – VENICE
Woodcutters
Location(s): Vienna
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 20th Century
Over the course of a few hours, following a performance of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, we are in the company of the Auersbergers, and our narrator, who never once leaves the relative comfort of his ‘wing-backed chair’ where he sips at a glass of champagne. As they anticipate the arrival of the star actor, and the commencement of dinner, the narrator of Woodcutters dismantles the hollow pretentiousness at the heart of the Austrian bourgeoisie. The effect is devastating: the horror only redeemed by the humour.
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