Thomas Bernhard, one of the most distinct, celebrated, and perverse of 20th century writers, took his own life in 1989. Perhaps the greatest Austrian writer of the 20th century, Bernhard's vision in novels like Woodcutters was relentlessly bleak and comically nihilistic. His prose is torrential and his style unmistakable. Bernhard is the missing link between Kafka, Beckett, Michel Houellebecq and Lars von Trier; without Bernhard, the literature of alienation and self-contempt would be bereft of its great ...
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Thomas Bernhard, one of the most distinct, celebrated, and perverse of 20th century writers, took his own life in 1989. Perhaps the greatest Austrian writer of the 20th century, Bernhard's vision in novels like Woodcutters was relentlessly bleak and comically nihilistic. His prose is torrential and his style unmistakable. Bernhard is the missing link between Kafka, Beckett, Michel Houellebecq and Lars von Trier; without Bernhard, the literature of alienation and self-contempt would be bereft of its great practitioner. Woodcutters is widely recognised as his masterpiece. Over the course of a few hours, following a performance of Ibsen's The Wild Duck, we are in the company of the Auersbergers, and our narrator, who never once leaves the relative comfort of his 'wing-backed chair' where he sips at a glass of champagne. As they anticipate the arrival of the star actor, and the commencement of dinner, the narrator of Woodcutters dismantles the hollow pretentiousness at the heart of the Austrian bourgeoisie. The effect is devastating; the horror only redeemed by the humour.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Stated First American edition. Translated from the German by David McClintock. 181 pages. Fine copy, no marks, flaws, etc. In a complete dust jacket that has a little toning along the top. Jacket is in a mylar protector. All books shipped in boxes.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 0394551524. Stamp inside front cover board. Foxing throughout the book. No writing on text pages or major defects. Otherwise in Very Good condition.; 181 pages.
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First published under the title, "Holzfällen" by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1984. Translated by David McClintock. Jacket discoloring a little around the edges. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.