Nicolaas thomas bernhard was an austrian novelist, playwright and poet. This is the first english translation of thomas bernhards novella gehen, origin published by suhrkamp verlag, frankfurt am main, germany, in 1971. Heldenplatz project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Across the world, we have put up monuments to celebrate military success, and we proudly look up to people who lead countries into war and destruction, often representing an oppressive ideology or religion. But i find vienna is very amusing amusing interesting amusing getting to know austria via bernhard s novels has been exceptionally exhilarating. A very good play, published inin which modern austria confronts a chapter austrias history that i rather strongly suspect most austrians would rather not hear about at all. Readings in the tower, by thomas bernhard, james reidel. Written for the bedenkjahr 1988 year of reflection marking fifty years since austrias anschluss with nazi germany, the title of the play refers to the square in central vienna in front of the old imperial palace where hitler was jubilantly greeted by thousands of supporters on 15 march 1938. Even before it opened at viennas burgtheater in, thomas bernhard s play caused ructions for its attacks on the citys antisemitism and. The scientist roithamer has dedicated the last six years of his life to the cone, an edifice of mathematically exact construction that he. There is something really sad about reading heldenplatz and knowing that life imitated art for thomas bernhard. Thomas bernhard 19311989, a literary figure of international acclaim and arguably austrias greatest postworld war ii writer, became the first of his.
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