»Thomas Bernhard is born in Heerlen (the Netherlands) on February 9, 1931. The afterbirth has the shape of Austria.« – thus begins Bernhard’s biography as drawn by comic artist Nicolas Mahler.
The grand master of minimalism, who has previously and »congenially« adapted Bernhard’s Old Masters and The World-Fixer, takes readers on a wickedly funny tour through the life of the famous master of exaggeration in 99 dynamic-comical images – from growing up...
»Thomas Bernhard is born in Heerlen (the Netherlands) on February 9, 1931. The afterbirth has the shape of Austria.« – thus begins Bernhard’s biography as drawn by comic artist Nicolas Mahler.
The grand master of minimalism, who has previously and »congenially« adapted Bernhard’s Old Masters and The World-Fixer, takes readers on a wickedly funny tour through the life of the famous master of exaggeration in 99 dynamic-comical images – from growing up without a father to the close relationship with his grandfather Johannes Freumbichler and to his first literary successes and performances of his plays.
Bernhard’s prizes and scandals are just as much a part of the book as his illness, his Lebensmensch Hedwig Stavianicek and the relationship with his publisher Siegfried Unseld – a biography in highlights as only Nicolas Mahler can present it.
»In Mahler’s work the author’s inner turmoil is made vivid in chronological images.« Helena Raspe, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
»The comic biography is incredibly funny to read and look at – a masterpiece.« Christine Lecerf, Le Monde
»Mahler‘s mostly face- but never expressionless figures are tiny without being cute.« Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau
»The reader never knows which is more beautiful: Bernhard’s often wonderfully flighty disclosures in interviews or Mahler’s illustrations ...« Gerrit Bartels, Der Tagesspiegel
»[…] a cheerfully wicked comic that unfolds the mesmerising life of this enfant terrible of Austrian literature in 99 anecdotes and gives a pithy impression of Thomas Bernhard’s personality.« Ralph Trommer, taz. die tageszeitung
»With laconism, irony and empathy this book is a gateway into the Bernhard universe that truly whets one’s appetite.« Michael Wurmitze, Der Standard
»Mahler draws a humorously wicked tour through the life of the great master of exaggeration in dynamic and funny images.« Dieter Kaltwasser, General-Anzeiger
»In Mahler’s work the author’s inner turmoil is made vivid in chronological images.« Helena Raspe, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
»The comic biography is incredibly funny to read and look at – a masterpiece.« Christine Lecerf, Le Monde
»Mahler‘s mostly face- but never expressionless figures are tiny without being cute.« Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter...
Nicolas Mahler, born in 1969, lives in Vienna where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published by newspapers and magazines such as DIE ZEIT, NZZ am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and Titanic. He has received numerous awards for his extensive oeuvre, including the Max-und-Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Artist in 2010 and the Preis der Literaturhäuser in 2015 and the Sondermann Prize in 2019.
Nicolas Mahler, born in 1969, lives in Vienna where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published...
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