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A haunting novel of love, fate and war from the Austrian master and acclaimed author of Baron Bagge and Count Luna (''A book so astonishing I immediately re-read it'' Patti Smith)

He'd had the feeling that he was expected there, on that day. But by whom?'

Vienna, 1939. Lieutenant Wallmoden is preparing to take part in a mysterious military exercise' when he meets the austerely beautiful Baroness Pistohlkors and her elusive circle of acquaintances. He promises to see her again but then discovers his company has been mobilised for war. Marching across Europe, stumbling across the border between the living and the dead, one constant remains: he must keep his tryst with the Baroness, in this world or the next.

Banned by the Nazis and almost lost, Mars in Aries is an erotically charged ghost story, a shocking account of the invasion of Poland, and a mesmeric exploration of time and fate.

Translated by Robert Dassanowsky and John Barrett

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/7/2025
      ISBN13: 9780241674468, 978-0241674468
      ISBN10: 0241674468
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A haunting novel of love, fate and war from the Austrian master and acclaimed author of Baron Bagge and Count Luna (''A book so astonishing I immediately re-read it'' Patti Smith)

      He'd had the feeling that he was expected there, on that day. But by whom?'

      Vienna, 1939. Lieutenant Wallmoden is preparing to take part in a mysterious military exercise' when he meets the austerely beautiful Baroness Pistohlkors and her elusive circle of acquaintances. He promises to see her again but then discovers his company has been mobilised for war. Marching across Europe, stumbling across the border between the living and the dead, one constant remains: he must keep his tryst with the Baroness, in this world or the next.

      Banned by the Nazis and almost lost, Mars in Aries is an erotically charged ghost story, a shocking account of the invasion of Poland, and a mesmeric exploration of time and fate.

      Translated by Robert Dassanowsky and John Barrett

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