Thirty years old/三十岁

This book contains seven short stories. In "Youth in an Austrian Town," people recall the terrible obedience of childhood; in "Thirty Years Old," a man begins to reflect on his life after a serious car accident; the remaining stories involve an unknown murder, a judge suffering a mental breakdown, women enjoying lives outside of marriage, and a world composed of men and women from a unique perspective. Bachmann not only uses wavering existentialist terminology to depict human turmoil and collapse, but she also realistically portrays characters connected to specific social contexts.

本书收录七个短篇。在《奥地利小镇的青春》中，人们回忆了可怕的服从童年；在《三十岁》中，一个男人在经历了一场严重车祸后，开始反思自己的生活；其余故事则涉及未知的谋杀案、精神崩溃的法官、享受婚姻生活之外的生活的女性，以及独特视角下的男性与女性构成的世界。巴赫曼不仅用摇摆不定的存在主义术语来表现人类的动荡和崩溃，她还真实地描绘了与特定社会背景相联系的人物。