Die Wand

In the organizer's words:

A woman wants to spend a few days with her cousin and her husband in their hunting lodge in the mountains. The couple only want to go back to the village briefly - but they never return. The next morning, the woman finds herself alone in the hut, separated from the outside world by an invisible, seemingly endless wall, behind which life no longer seems to exist - rigor mortis. All she has left is her dog Lynx, stray cats, a cow and nature. A captivity begins, which in its misfortune harbors a new form of freedom.
form of freedom in her misfortune. "The Wall" has long since become a literary classic that captivates with its numerous possible interpretations: a feminist self-empowerment that lies in the main character's isolation, even though this means security and threat in equal measure. But Haushofer's best-known work is also understood as a radical critique of civilization that forces people to live in harmony with nature again.

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Marlen Haushofer was born in Frauenstein, Upper Austria, in 1920. Today, she is one of the most important German-language authors of the 20th century and has been honored with numerous literary awards. Her books have been translated into several languages and
have been adapted for film and theater. She died in Vienna in 1970.