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Possibly my favourite Bernhard novel, the whole book takes place over a few days but the narrator covers a much longer expanse of time.
The narrator is the black sheep of the family, an intellectual who feels more at home in cities, likes to read philosophy and prefers the company of gardeners and lives in exile in Rome.
After the tragic deaths of his parents and brother he has to return to Wolfsegg, whilst waiting for the funeral we get an insight into the narrator's relationship with the rest ...more
The narrator is the black sheep of the family, an intellectual who feels more at home in cities, likes to read philosophy and prefers the company of gardeners and lives in exile in Rome.
After the tragic deaths of his parents and brother he has to return to Wolfsegg, whilst waiting for the funeral we get an insight into the narrator's relationship with the rest ...more
Interpretating the Bible would be easier than interpretating this book. It's hard to read. I loved words of siren's voice give up, give up, you know you want to, how good life can be when you aren’t reading Thomas Bernhard in Paul Bryant's review.
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Strange and amazing, but difficult to get through.
Jan 20, 2008
Virginia
marked it as 1001-books-to-go
Sep 07, 2010
Andrea
marked it as to-read
Aug 28, 2011
Chas
marked it as to-read
