Thomas Bernhard Woodcutters Paperback Book

LRB BOOKSHOPS AUTHOR OF THE MONTH ONE OF THE GUARDIANS BEST BOOKS OF 2019WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY ANNE ENRIGHT, AUTHOR OF THE ACTRESSIf you havent read Bernhard, you will not know of the most radical advance in fiction since Joyce ... My advice dive in. Lucy EllmannI absolutely love Bernhard he is one of the darkest and funniest writers ... A must read for everybody. Karl Ove KnausgaardAn 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 Joanas 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 narrators merciless scrutiny from his wingbacked 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 Bernhards homeland, Woodcutters brutally exposes the hollow pretentiousness of the Austrian bourgeoisie in an unforgettable firework display of humour and horror newly illuminated by Anne Enrights afterword. | Thomas Bernhard Woodcutters Paperback Book