{"product_id":"thomas-bernhards-afterlives-olaf-berwald-9781501369261","title":"Thomas Bernhard's Afterlives","description":"In his prose fiction, memoirs, poetry, and drama, Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989)--one of the 20th century's most uniquely gifted writers--created a new and radical style, seemingly out of thin air. His books never \"tell a story\" in the received sense. Instead, he rages on the page, he rants and spews vitriol about the moral failures of his homeland, Austria, in the long amnesiac aftermath of the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet this furious prose, seemingly shapeless but composed with unparalleled musicality, and taxing by conventional standards, has been powerfully echoed in many writers since Bernhard's death in 1989. These explorers have found in Bernhard's singular accomplishment new paths for the expression of life and truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Bernhard's Afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e examines the international mobilization of Bernhard's style. Writers in Italian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, English, and French have succeeded in making Bernhard's Austrian vision an international vision. This book tells that story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olaf Berwald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501369261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501369261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Olaf Berwald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053057765631,"sku":"9781501369261","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d213ffa0-6df2-4d61-a403-92ba1a3673d1.jpg?v=1685022159","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thomas-bernhards-afterlives-olaf-berwald-9781501369261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}