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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Bernhard grew up in Salzburg and Vienna! where he studied music. In 1957 he began a second career as a playwright! poet! and novelist. He went on to win many of the most prestigious literary awards of Europe. Martin Chalmers is a translator and editor whose translations include works by Hubert Fichte! Ernst Weiss! Herta Mueller! Alexander Kluge! Emine Sevgi Oezdamar! and Erich Hackl. Klappentext The Austrian playwright! novelist! and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as one of the major writers of our time. This collection includes seven stories that capture Bernhard's distinct darkly comic voice and vision - often compared to Kafka and Musil - commenting on a corrupted world. Zusammenfassung The Austrian playwright! novelist! and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as one of the major writers of our time. This collection includes seven stories that capture Bernhard's distinct darkly comic voice and vision - often compared to Kafka and Musil - commenting on a corrupted world.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bernhard, Thomas/ Chalmers Bernhard, Martin Chalmers
• Assisted by: Martin Chalmers (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2010
• EAN: 9781906497569
• ISBN: 978-1-906497-56-9
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 212 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Seagull World Literature; Seagull World Literature; Seagull World Literature (Seagull titles CHUP)
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature