Autumn 2022
ISBN 978-1-903006-28-3 – Oct/Nov 2022
(Photo by Freya Krummel)
My brilliant friend Gwendolyn E Leick‘s two recent memoirs, both written in German and originally published in Austria, have been lauded in Europe and are being showcased right now at the Frankfurt Bookfair. I highly recommend the English translation of the first book, FRANCKSTRASSE 31, available from Grey Suit Editions. It’s a coming-of-age memoir unfolded as a tour through the Graz apartment building Gwendolyn and her family lived in after her father died, tragically young. It’s a powerful narrative conceit: her close focus on architectural space results in a lucid analysis of class and family dynamics and a profound meditation on time. If you are interested in experimental narrative techniques, life writing, architectural historiography, and/or mother-daughter relationships, this book is for you!
Grey Suit Editions, run by Anthony Howell, also published Gwendolyn Leick’s momumental ‘encyclopedic enterprise’ GERTRUDE MABEL MAY: An ABC of Gertrude Stein’s Love Triangle (2019), which is a gloriously meandering exploration of Stein’s relationship with May Bookstaver, herself the lover of Mabel Haynes, Gwendolyn’s grandmother. With entries ranging from ‘Alcohol’ and ‘Analysis’ to ‘Wars’ and ‘Wives’ it runs a fascinating gamut, not just for Steinians!
All of this compelling creative non-fiction is even more remarkable given that Gwendolyn was previously known as a foremost Assyriologist, author of academic texts on ancient Mesopotamia. They too are invitingly written, with a strong interest in daily life, poetry and women’s experience and representation. What an ouevre! I just hope her second memoir, only just published in Austria, will soon be available in English as well. (Naomi Foyle)
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