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Holzfällen: Eine Erregung

Er hatte sich geschworen, diese Leute nie wieder zu sehen. Und Er läuft ihnen direkt über den Weg. Und Er schafft es nicht, die Einladung zum künstlerischen Abendessen abzulehnen. Und so sitzt der Erzähler des Abends im Ohrensessel der Musikerfamilie Auersberger und steigert sich in eine Schimpftirade, in der er mit Unerbittlichkeit und Schonungslosigkeit gegen Mittelmaß und Dilettantismus wettert.Holzfällen wurde zum Skandalroman der 80er Jahre. Durch einstweilige Verfügung in Österreich verboten, avancierte der Roman zum Bestseller. In Thomas Holtzmanns Lesung stellt er sich als das dar, was er ein literarisches Meisterwerk.

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Published March 4, 2010

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Thomas Bernhard

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Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who ranks among the most distinguished German-speaking writers of the second half of the 20th century.

Although internationally he’s most acclaimed because of his novels, he was also a prolific playwright. His characters are often at work on a lifetime and never-ending major project while they deal with themes such as suicide, madness and obsession, and, as Bernhard did, a love-hate relationship with Austria. His prose is tumultuous but sober at the same time, philosophic by turns, with a musical cadence and plenty of black humor.

He started publishing in the year 1963 with the novel Frost. His last published work, appearing in the year 1986, was Extinction. Some of his best-known works include The Loser (about a student’s fictionalized relationship with the pianist Glenn Gould), Wittgenstein’s Nephew, and Woodcutters.

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