{"product_id":"in-hora-mortis-under-thomas-bernhard-9780691126425","title":"In Hora Mortis \/ Under the Iron of the Moon: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunting and darkly humorous poems by the internationally acclaimed Austrian novelist, playwright, and memoirist \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Bernhard (1931-1989) has been compared to Kafka and Beckett, and critics have ranked his novels among the masterpieces of the twentieth century. But in fact he began his career in the 1950s as a poet, publishing three books of well-received verse before turning to fiction. In \u003ci\u003eHora Mortis \/ Under the Iron of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book of his expressionist-like poetry to be published in English. Bringing together Bernhard's second and third books of poetry, the collection's short, untitled lyrics reveal his early explorations of themes that would continue to preoccupy him in his novels, plays, and other writings--especially his intense ambivalence toward the land and people of Austria and their then-recent Nazi past. As the translator James Reidel writes in his preface, \"Bernhard found Austrian soil . . . to be like a hair shirt and a blanket. It is a killing ground but with a postcard setting.\" In poems that both subvert and pay homage to such influences as Georg Trakl, Bernhard begins to develop his characteristic dark humor while exploring themes of nature, death, meaninglessness, and faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Bernhard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691126429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691126425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.28w x 0.57d","brand":"Thomas Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925609742591,"sku":"9780691126425","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_719035ba-5adc-4af6-a082-8f1971d4a28d.jpg?v=1681078290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-hora-mortis-under-thomas-bernhard-9780691126425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}