Goethe Dies
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Author: Thomas Bernhard
Translated by James Reidel
9780857427052 | PB | pp. 94 | 2019 | Seagull Books
Goethe Dies is a collection of four stories which are bleakly comic and inspiringly rancorous. The subjects of his stories are varied and make for an interesting read.
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This collection of four stories is, as longtime fans of Thomas Bernhard would expect, bleakly comic and inspiringly rancorous. The subject of his stories vary: in one, Goethe summons Wittgenstein to discuss the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; ‘Montaigne: A Story in Twenty-Two Instalments’ tells of a young man sealing himself in a tower to read; ‘Reunion’, meanwhile, satirizes that very impulse to escape; and the final story rounds out the collection by making Bernhard himself a victim, persecuted by his greatest enemy—his very homeland of Austria. Underpinning all these variously comic, tragic and bitingly satirical excursions is Bernhard’s abiding interest in, and deep knowledge of, the philosophy of doubt.
Additional information
| Author: | Thomas Bernhard |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780857427052 |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 94 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
About the Contributors
The author grew up in Salzburg and Vienna, where he studied music. In 1957 he began a second career as a playwright, poet, and novelist. He went on to win many of the most prestigious literary prizes of Europe (including the Austrian State Prize, the Bremen and Büchner prizes, and Le Prix Séguier), became one of the most widely admired writers of his generation, and insisted at his death that none of his works be published in Austria for seventy years, a provision later repealed by his half-brother.
The translator is also a poet, editor and biographer. In addition to the works of Georg Trakl, he has translated novels by Franz Werfel and poetry by Thomas Bernhard, among others. He is the biographer of poet Weldon Kees and author of two volumes of poetry.
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