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There is no comparison to Thomas Bernhard's literary genius, which spins a fragile web of thoughts and emotions, never finished, never clear, always difficult, heavy, undefined and vague, despite the eternally running, circling sentences, and in this web his characters are stuck, as much prisoners i Leggi tutto

Hey, everyone! I finished a book! I realize that this is approximately the equivalent of crying out, 'I got laid!' at a brothel, but there you have it. I've been reduced to this . For the past eighteen months or so I've been a non-reader—a demographic I'm not generally comfortable consorting with—or, Leggi tutto

Yes, Indeed. He's gone and done it again. Taking the most simple and stripped down of scenarios and turning it into something quite brilliant and devastating, cascading with repetitions and variations that is almost structurally written like a piece of music. In monologue form, we have another despa Leggi tutto

While I do not consider myself a nihilist, I nevertheless have a deeply personal response to Thomas Bernhard’s novels, which leads me to believe, especially while either immersed in one of his novels or while recovering from one, that I am at heart a nihilist, at least of a stripe, and that Bernhard Leggi tutto

El narrador de este texto es un Woody Allen sin gracia o con esa gracia especialísima que emana de una narración atropellada, caótica, repetitiva, neurótica, circular hasta la náusea (solo le faltaba el tartamudeo, pero eso quizás hubiera sido pasarse). La anécdota del texto (absolutamente brutal) s Leggi tutto

http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/7790189... Not enough praise has been accorded regarding the story-telling talents of Thomas Bernhard. There have been more than enough remarks referring to his long tirades and vitriol as well as his use of the long-sentenced paragraph and repetitive phrase. In this nov Leggi tutto

Incondizionatamente “D'altra parte, come nel corso della mia vita so ormai senza ombra di dubbio, proprio i pensieri assurdi sono i pensieri più chiari e i più assurdi sono anche i più importanti”. Uno studioso di scienze naturali è infermo sul piano psicoaffettivo e non riesce più a dedicarsi al prop Leggi tutto

After all, there is nothing but failure. Yes , as another GR reviewer posited, is generally held to be one of Bernhard's minor works, but it is a perfectly-executed short piece markedly positioning itself within the transition from the earlier TB of Correction and The Lime Works to the mature period o Leggi tutto

Holy Jesus Fuck, Yes is excellent. Now, I'm not sure if you'll like it because you've got to get accustomed to Bernhard's style. He'll extend a sentence, via dependent clause, for pages on end. No chapter breaks, either. Hell, no paragraph breaks. But once you get in a groove with Mr. Bernhard, whoa Leggi tutto