{"product_id":"old-masters-thomas-bernhard-9780857424709","title":"Old Masters: A Comedy","description":"Thomas Bernhard's \u003ci\u003eOld Masters\u003c\/i\u003e has been called his \"most enjoyable novel\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. It's a wild satire that takes place almost entirely in front of Tintoretto's \u003ci\u003eWhite-Bearded Man\u003c\/i\u003e, on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, as two typically Viennese pedants (serving as alter egos for Bernhard himself) irreverently, even contemptuously take down high culture, society, state-supported artists, Heidegger, and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's a book built on thought and conversation rather than action or visuals. Yet somehow celebrated Austrian cartoonist Nicholas Mahler has brought it to life in graphic form--and it's brilliant. This volume presents Mahler's typically minimalist cartoons alongside new translations of selected passages from the novel. The result is a version of \u003ci\u003eOld Masters\u003c\/i\u003e that is strikingly new, yet still true to Bernhard's bleak vision, and to the novel's outrageous proposition that the perfect work of art is truly unbearable to even think about--let alone behold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Bernhard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 085742470X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857424709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Thomas Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075835752703,"sku":"9780857424709","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8563c3b5-8ed0-426b-bbfb-aff4af726b54.jpg?v=1685461723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-masters-thomas-bernhard-9780857424709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}