Overview: Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.
Wittgenstein's Nephew
β Scribed by Bernhard, Thomas
- Book ID
- 108891265
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307833457
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β¦ Synopsis
Overview: Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.
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