LRB BOOKSHOP'S AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY ANNE ENRIGHT, AUTHOR OF THE ACTRESS
'IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BERNHARD, YOU WILL NOT KNOW OF THE MOST RADICAL
ADVANCE IN FICTION SINCE JOYCE ... MY ADVICE: DIVE IN.' LUCY ELLMANN
'I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BERNHARD: HE IS ONE OF THE DARKEST AND FUNNIEST
WRITERS ... A MUST READ FOR EVERYBODY.' KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD
An unnamed writer arrives at an 'artistic dinner' hosted by a composer
and his society wife: a couple he once admired, but has now come to
detest. They have been brought together by their friend Joana's
suicide, but the guest of honour, a famous actor from the Burgtheatre,
is late. As the guests await his arrival, little do they know that
they are being subjected to the narrator's merciless scrutiny from his
wing-backed throne, the targets of a tirade of epic, frenzied
proportions. When the star actor finally arrives, he ushers in an
explosive end to the evening that is impossible to see coming.
Originally banned in Thomas Bernhard's homeland, _Woodcutters
_brutally exposes the hollow pretentiousness of the Austrian
bourgeoisie in an unforgettable firework display of humour and horror.
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ISBN
9780571355815
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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