Playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) gives us one of his most darkly comic works.
The Voice Imitator reminds us that Thomas Bernhard remains the most caustic satirist of our age..
George Steiner has connected Bernhard to the great constellation of Kafka, Musil, and Broch, and John Updike has compared him to Grass, Handke, and Weiss.
In his disarming, sometimes hilarious style, Bernhard delivers a lethal punch with every anecdote.
The Post Office had taken no notice of her death.
The shortest piece, titled Mail, illustrates the anonymity and alienation that have become standard in contemporary society: For years after our mother\'s death, the Post Office still delivered letters that were addressed to her.
Politicians, professionals, tourists, civil servants--the usual victims of Bernhard\'s inspired misanthropy--succumb one after another to madness, mishap, or suicide.
Bernhard presents an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster.
What initially appear to be quaint little stories inevitably indict the sterility and callousness of modern life, not just in urban centers but everywhere.
A series of parable-like anecdotes--some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some from hearsay--this satire is both subtle and acerbic.
In this stunning translation of The Voice Imitator , Bernhard gives us one of his most darkly comic works.
At once pessimistic and exhilarating, Bernhard\'s work depicts the corruption of the modern world, the dynamics of totalitarianism, and the interplay of reality and appearance.
The Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as among the major writers of our times.
A series of parable-like anecdotes--some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some even from hearsay--this satire portrays an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster.
Playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) gives us one of his most darkly comic works
