Summary of Angel of Oblivion
“Angel of Oblivion” is a novel about the Slovenian ethnic minority in Carinthia, Austria’s southernmost province. The narrator, a young girl, recounts her childhood in rural Austria during the 1960s and 1970s, revealing her family’s wartime experiences during World War II.
Reasons to read Angel of Oblivion
“Angel of Oblivion” is a family memoir that offers readers an intimate look at rural life in southern Austria, including domestic scenes such as baking bread and smoking sausages. It tells the story of a family marked by war, resistance against Austrian Nazis, and the struggles of the Slovenian minority in Austria throughout the 20th century. Maja Haderlap, a bilingual Slovenian-German author, won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2011 and the Max Frisch Prize in 2018 for “Angel of Oblivion.”
Setting: Carinthia (Austria)
Original title: Engel des Vergessens
Year of publication: 2011
Nr of pages: 250
