USA (Knopf), UK (Faber & Faber), English audio book (USA & Canada; Tantor), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Catalan rights (El Gall), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Todavia), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), Arabic world rights (Madrak), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Ijzer), Denmark (Basilisk), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Finland (Teos), Iceland (Forlagid), Korea (Minumsa), Japan (Kawade), Vietnam (Tao Dan), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Estonia (EKSA), Serbia (LOM), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Georgia (Sulakauri), Israel (Babel)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Hungary (Ferenczy Könyvkiado), Slovenia (Cankarjeva), Macedonia (Blesok)
Fiercely observed, often hilarious, and »reminiscent of Ibsen and Strindberg« (The New York Times Book Review), this exquisitely controversial novel was initially banned in its author’s homeland.
A searing portrayal of Vienna’s bourgeoisie, it begins with the arrival of an unnamed writer at an ›artistic dinner‹ hosted by a composer and his society wife – a couple he once admired and has come to loathe. The guest of honor, a distinguished actor from the Burgtheater, is late. As the other guests wait impatiently, they are seen through the critical eye of the writer, who narrates a silent but frenzied tirade against these former friends, most of whom have been brought together by Joana, a woman they buried earlier that day. Reflections on Joana’s life and suicide are mixed with these denunciations until the famous actor arrives, bringing an explosive end to the evening that even the writer could not have seen coming.DISCOVER
Just published: Suhrkamp Authors Around the World – February 2024, issue 2
We are delighted to present to you our latest arrivals!DISCOVER
Just published: Suhrkamp Authors Around the World – February 2024, issue 2
We are delighted to present to you our latest arrivals!Persons
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...
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
The Public Bernhard
On the Trail of the Truth
Spanish world rights (Alianza), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Todavia), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Czech Republic (Prostor), Turkey (Yapi Kredi)
Goethe Dies
English world rights (Seagull), Spanish world rights (Alianza), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Ijzer), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Serbia (Lom), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Kelefthos)
My Prizes
English world rights (Knopf), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), Brazilian Portuguese (Companhia das Letras), Portugal (Bertrand), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Atlas), Denmark (Sisyfos), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Bokvennen), Finland (Teos), Japan (Misuzu Shobo), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Kalligram), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Serbia (LOM), Slovenia (Studentska Zalozba), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Hestia)
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Roof Music)
The Correspondence
France (Macula)
Previously published in the respective language/territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Complices)
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (Der Hörverlag)
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...
Sweden (Svenska Thomas Bernhardsällskapet), Serbia (Red Box)
Extinction
USA (Knopf), UK (Faber & Faber), Spanish world rights (Alfaguara), Catalan (El Gall), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Companhia das Letras), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Ijzer), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Japan (Misuzu Shobo), Vietnam (Tao Dan), Poland (Od Do), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Kalligram), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Estonia (Varrak), Croatia (Meandar), Serbia (LOM), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Albania/Kosovo (OM)
Previously published in the respective language/territory; rights available again: Denmark (Husets), Korea (Hyeonamsa), Romania (ART), Slovenia (Maribor), Israel (Schocken)
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...
USA (Chicago UP), UK (Penguin), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Catalan rights (Cómplices), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), Russia (Medium), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Companhia das Letras), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (De Arbeiderspers), Denmark (Basilisk), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Finland (Teos), Korea (Hyon Am Sa), Japan (Hakusuisha), Vietnam (Hop), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Slovakia (Kalligram) Hungary (Palatinus), Bulgaria (Critique & Humanism), Rumania (Paralela 45), Estonia (Varrak), Lithuania (Pasvires Pasaulis), Serbia (LOM), Slovenia (Beletrina), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Macedonia (Blesok), Albania (Aleph), Ukraine (Folio), Georgia (Sulakauri), Hindi (Radhakrishna), Israel (Babel)
The Loser
USA (Knopf), UK (Faber & Faber), Spanish world rights (Alfaguara), Basque rights (Alberdania), Catalan rights (Raval), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Companhia das Letras), Portuguese rights (Relogio d’Agua), Arabic world rights (Al-Kamel), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Denmark (Basilisk), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Finland (Teos), Korea (Munhakdongne), Japan (Misuzu Shobo), Vietnam (Tao Dan), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Slovakia (Kalligram), Romania (Curtea Veche), Estonia (Loomingu Raamatukogu), Serbia (LOM), Slovenia (Hermagoras), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Macedonia (Blesok), Albanian rights / Kosovo (Pa), Georgia (Sulakauri), Azerbaijan (Alatoran)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Hungary (Europa), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Croatia (Meandar), Israel (Babel)
Concrete
USA (Knopf), UK (Faber & Faber), Spanish world rights Trade (Alfaguara), Spanish world rights Paperback (Alianza), Catalan rights (El Gall), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), Russia (Ad marginem), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Companhia das Letras), Portuguese rights (Edicoes 70), Arabic world rights (Ama Baad), France (Gallimard), Italy (Studio Editoriale), Netherlands (Vleugels), Denmark (Sisyfos), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Hestia), Albania (Aleph), Azerbaijan (Alatoran), Israel (Hakkibutz Hameuchad – Sifriyat Poalim)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Finland (Lurra), Iceland (Bjartur), Poland (Atut), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Ferenczy), Serbia (Alexandria Press)
Wittgenstein’s Nephew
USA (Knopf), UK (Faber & Faber), Spanish world rights (Anagrama), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), Arabic world rights (Mamdouh Adwan), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Finland (Teos), Korea (Purun), Japan (Misuzu Shobo), Vietnam (Hop), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Turkey (Metis), Greece (Plithos Editions), Albania (Aleph), Azerbaijan (Alatoran), Israel (Am Oved)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Catalan rights (Empuries), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Rocco), Netherlands (De Prom), Denmark (Gyldendal), Hungary (Magvetö), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Croatia (Meandar), Slovenia (Hermagoras)
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...
USA & Canada (Spurl Editions), UK (Quartet), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Vleugels), Sweden (Tranan), Poland (Czytelnik), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Iran (Ofoq)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Catedra), Norway (Bokvennen), Czech Republic (Prostor), Greece (Inseln)
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.
USA (Chicago UP), Spanish world rights (Anagrama), Catalan rights (El Gall), Chinese simplex rights (Horizon), France (Gallimard), Italy (Ugo Guanda), Netherlands (Vleugels), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Lurra), Poland (Czytelnik), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Israel (Ruth Books)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Norway (Bokvennen), Czech Republic (Prostor), Romania (Paralela 45)
Correction
English world rights (Knopf), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Vleugels), Denmark (Sisyfos), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Teos), Japan (Kawade), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Croatia (Petrine), Serbia (LOM), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Iran (Ofoq), Israel (Babel)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Hungary (Ferenczy Könyvkiado)
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 —...
English world rights (University Chicago Press), Spanish world rights (Contraseña), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Editora Brasileira), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Vleugels), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Teos), Japan (Kawade), Poland (Od Do), Czech Republic (Prostor), Serbia (LOM), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Kritiki)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Denmark (Basilisk), Norway (Spartacus), Hungary (Europa)
The Lime Works
English world rights (Knopf), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Portuguese rights (Sistema Solar), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Teos), Poland (Officyna), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Lithuania (Lithuanian Writers' Union Publishers), Serbia (LOM), Turkey (Yapi Kredi)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Japan (Hayakawa), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Cartafilus)
Gargoyles
English world rights (Knopf), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Todavia), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Netherlands (Ijzer), Denmark (Sisyfos), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Teos), Poland (Czytelnik), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Greece (Exandas), Azerbaijan (Alatoran)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Catalan rights (Ediciones B), Portuguese rights (Relogio d’Agua), Norway (Bokvennen), Korea (Bum-Woo), Czech Republic (Prostor), Hungary (Kalligram)
Amras
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Alianza), Italy (Einaudi), Sweden (Tranan), Norway (Bokvennen), Poland (Od Do), Czech Republic (Prostor Nakladatelstvi), Hungary (Kalligram), Serbia (Lom Doo)
Frost
English world rights (Knopf), Spanish world rights (Alianza), Portuguese rights (Dois Dias), France (Gallimard), Italy (Adelphi), Sweden (Tranan), Finland (Teos), Poland (Czytelnik), Czech Republic (Prostor), Bulgaria (Atlantis), Croatia (Meandar), Slovenia (Beletrina), Turkey (Yapi Kredi), Ukraine (Folio), Armenia (Antares)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Russia (Symposium), Netherlands (Atlas), Hungary (Cartafilus), Romania (ART), Estonia (Eesti Raamat)