Great Masters: Selected Works of Bernhard: Selected Works of Bernhard

Author: Thomas Bernhard
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Thomas Bernhard began writing at the age of eighteen, creating works that included novels, autobiographical essays, and plays. Over forty years, he wrote five poetry collections, twenty-seven short and long essays (also referred to as novels), eighteen plays, and over one hundred and fifty articles. This collection includes two of Bernhard's short story collections and two novels. The short story collection The Sound Imitators contains over one hundred stories, covering various aspects of life and depicting the indifference of the human world and the difficulties of communication. Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) was one of Austria's most controversial writers, known by many titles: the Alpine Beckett, the disaster writer, the death writer, the social critic, the misanthrope, the professional Austrian critic, the exaggeration artist, the language musician, and more. Thomas Bernhard was one of Austria's most controversial writers, known by many titles: the Alpine Beckett, the disaster writer, the death writer, the social critic, the misanthrope, the professional Austrian critic, the exaggeration artist, the language musician, and more. Bernhard was a truly distinctive writer. His gaze was profound, confronting the crisis of human existence; his pen was sharp, piercing any concealment or taboo. To be precise, he was an exaggeration artist, skilled at telling stories at the edge of the unspeakable, understanding how exaggeration makes survival possible and how humor makes the world bearable. This collection includes two of Bernhard's short story collections and two novels.