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Women as Lovers is a compelling early novel from the 2004 Nobel Prize winner, Elfriede Jelinek. Originally published in 1975, the story of two women, Paula and Brigitte, as they grow up and start families in a small Austrian town, is anything but picture postcard pretty. But if you relish innovative, adventurous writing, you will be stunned by what Jelinek achieves with a very simple plot. The characterisation contrasts Paula, who follows her dreams rather than conforming, with Brigitte, who puts up with the pig Heinz, because he is on his way to owning his own small business.