Books by Thomas Bernhard (7)
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El sobrino de Wittgenstein : una amistad by Thomas Bernhard ES
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Thomas Bernhard, durante una estancia en un sanatorio, profundizó su amistad con Paul Wittgenstein, hombre original, pintoresco y patético, un verdadero personaje de novela. En cuanto a su tío Ludwig, el mítico filósofo en cuya vida o leyenda se inspiraba Corrección, sólo aparece aquí como en hueco, como una ausencia muy marcada. Se ha dicho que mientras Ludwig llevó su filosofía al papel y no su locura, Paul era un loco porque reprimió su filosofía y no la publicó, exhibiendo sólo su locura.
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Extinction by Thomas Bernhard EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
LRB BOOKSHOP'S AUTHOR OF THE MONTH ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY GEOFF DYER'If you haven't read Bernhard, you will not know of the most radical advance in fiction since Joyce ... My advice: dive in.' Lucy Ellmann'I absolutely love Bernhard: he is one of the darkest and funniest writers ... A must read for everybody.' Karl Ove KnausgaardFranz-Josef Murau is the intellectual black sheep of a powerful Austrian land-owning family. He now lives in Rome in self-imposed exile, surrounded by a coterie of artistic and intellectual friends. On returning from his sister'... continue
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Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard EN
AustriaDescription:
The playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard was one of the most widely translated and admired writers of his generation, winner of the three most coveted literary prizes in Germany. Gargoyles, one of his earliest novels, is a singular, surreal study of the nature of humanity. One morning a doctor and his son set out on daily rounds through the grim mountainous Austrian countryside. They observe the colorful characters they encounter—from an innkeeper whose wife has been murdered to a crippled musical prodigy kept in a cage—coping with physical misery, madness, and the brutality of the austere ... continue
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Maîtres anciens by Thomas Bernhard FR
Description:
" Les peintres n'ont pas peint ce qu'ils auraient dû peindre, mais uniquement ce qu'on leur a commandé, ou bien ce qui leur procurait ou leur rapportait l'argent ou la gloire, a-t-il dit. Les peintres, tous ces maîtres anciens qui, la plupart du temps, me dégoûtent plus que tout et qui m'ont depuis toujours donné le frisson, a-t-il-dit, n'ont jamais servi qu'un maître, jamais eux-mêmes et ainsi l'humanité elle-même. Ils ont tout de même toujours peint un monde factice qu'ils tiraient d'eux-mêmes, dont ils espéraient obtenir l'argent et la gloire ; tous ils n'ont peint que dans cette optique, p... continue
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The Loser by Thomas Bernhard EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.One of Bernhard's most acclaimed novels, The Loser centers on a fictional relationship between piano virtuoso Glenn Gould and two of his fellow students who feel compelled to renounce their musical ambitions in the face of Gould's incomparable genius. One commits suicide, while the other-- the obsessive, witty, and self-mocking nar... continue
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Walking : A Novella by Thomas Bernhard EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
"Walking records the conversations of the unnamed narrator and his friend Oehler while they walk, discussing anything that comes to mind but always circling back to their mutual friend Karrer, who has gone irrevocably mad."--Amazon.com.
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Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Fiercely observed, often hilarious, and “reminiscent of Ibsen and Strindberg” (The New York Times Book Review), this exquisitely controversial novel was initially banned in its author’s homeland. A searing portrayal of Vienna’s bourgeoisie, it begins with the arrival of an unnamed writer at an ‘artistic dinner’ hosted by a composer and his society wife—a couple he once admired and has come to loathe. The guest of honor, a distinguished actor from the Burgtheater, is late. As the other guests wait impatiently, they are seen through the critical eye of the writer, who narrates a silent but frenz... continue
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