Thomas Bernhard is “one of the masters of contemporary European
fiction” (George Steiner); “one of the century’s most gifted
writers” (Newsday); “a virtuoso of rancor and rage” (Bookforum).
And although he is favorably compared with Franz Kafka, Samuel
Beckett, and Robert Musil, it is only in recent years that he has
gained a devoted cult following in America. A powerful, compact
novella, Walking provides a perfect introduction to the absurd, dark,
and uncommonly comic world of Bernhard, showing a preoccupation with
themes—illness and madness, isolation, tragic friendships—that
would obsess Bernhard throughout his career. Walking records the
conversations of the unnamed narrator and his friend Oehler while they
walk, discussing anything that comes to mind but always circling back
to their mutual friend Karrer, who has gone irrevocably mad. Perhaps
the most overtly philosophical work in Bernhard’s highly
philosophical oeuvre, Walking provides a penetrating meditation on the
impossibility of truly thinking.
Les mer
A Novella
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780226311180
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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