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Extinction is the title of an account that Franz-Josef Murau wrote during the last year of his life in Rome and that Thomas Bernhard made public. These notes were absolutely essential to Murau for they were concerned with the theme that had destroyed his entire existence: his background.
And this »background complex« can be given the name of a town: Wolfsegg. This is where Murau grew up and where he realized that if he wanted to save his spiritual existence, he would have to leave. Although he had therefore intended to avoid Wolfsegg for the rest of his life, he nevertheless has to return when he learns that his parents and his brother have died in an automobile accident. His new sojourn there, however, makes it clear to him that he must separate himself from his place of origin once and for all. And so he makes the decision to write an account that will »extinguish what it describes […] extinguish everything that Wolfsegg means to me, everything that Wolfsegg is.«
»Strangely gripping. . . . A highly original kind of writing that resembles musical patterns of theme, variations and recapitulation. . . . A fine and compelling prose accomplishment.« The Washington Times
»With a breathtaking sustained intensity . . . Bernhard assaults through the voice of Murau the modern world, as exemplified by his birthplace, Austria.« Chicago Tribune
»The particular fineness of Extinction lies in its depiction of a consciousness in action: Murau, it turns out, can be weak, admirable, reprehensible or mean-spirited, but his mind, as depicted on the page, seems absolutely true to life.« Washington Post Book World
»Not every raving maniac is a genius. Many are called but few are chosen. It’s a pretty exclusive club, but Bernhard made it. . . . Like Swift, Bernhard writes like a sacred monster. . . . He is a remarkable literary performer: a man who goes to extremes in ways that vivify our sense of human possibilities, however destructive.« The Wall Street Journal
»Strangely gripping. . . . A highly original kind of writing that resembles musical patterns of theme, variations and recapitulation. . . . A fine and compelling prose accomplishment.« The Washington Times
»With a breathtaking sustained intensity . . . Bernhard assaults through the voice of Murau the modern world, as exemplified by his birthplace, Austria.« Chicago Tribune
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Thomas Bernhard
Thomas Bernhard was born in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in 1931 and died in Gmunden, Austria, in 1989. He is one of the most important Austrian writers and was awarded the Büchner Prize (1970) and the Grimme Prize (1972), among many other accolades. Suhrkamp published Thomas Bernhard's collected works in 22 volumes.
Thomas Bernhard was born in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in 1931 and died in Gmunden, Austria, in 1989. He is one of the most important Austrian...
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The Public Bernhard
On the Trail of the Truth
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Goethe Dies
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My Prizes
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Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Roof Music)
The Correspondence
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A Meeting
Thomas Bernhard rarely agreed to interviews in front of a camera. He did, however, appreciate the television journalist Krista Fleischmann as a sensitive interlocutor, with whom he produced two...
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Old Masters
Old Masters is Thomas Bernhard's devilishly funny story about the friendship between two old men.
For over thirty years Reger, a music critic, has sat on the same bench in...
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Woodcutters
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The Loser
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Concrete
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Wittgenstein’s Nephew
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The Cheap-Eaters
For years, the four cheap-eaters have been eating at a certain Viennese public kitchen, from Monday to Friday, always the cheapest meals. They become the focus of Koller’s scientific attention...
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Yes
»Yes«, answers the Persian woman, the protagonist of Thomas Bernhard’s novel published in 1978, to the narrator’s question of whether is going to kill herself one day – and laughs.
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Correction
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Walking
»A powerful, compact novella, Walking provides a perfect introduction to the absurd, dark, and uncommonly comic world of Bernhard, showing a preoccupation with themes —...
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The Lime Works
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Gargoyles
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Frost
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