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.
Και μια και την στρίμωξα σε λίγες αράδες, ας βάλω κι αυτό το βιβλιαράκι, ‘Ο Γκέτε πεθένει’ σε μετάφραση Σοφίας Αυγερινού, που ξεχάστηκε να μπει στο μπλόγκιον ενώ διαβάστηκε μήνες πριν και το οποίο είναι, θα έλεγα, μια εισαγωγή στο σύμπαν του Bernhard, τέσσερα διηγήματα όπου θα συναντήσετε την εμμονή του με τους γονείς του, την Αυστρία, τη φιλοσοφία, τη συνεχή επανάληψη που χαρακτηρίζει τη γραφή του. Σφηνάκι αυστριακό, προτεινόμενο! (https://spirosglykas.blogspot.com/202...)