Woodcutters
"An unnamed writer arrives 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…
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- Full title :Woodcutters / Thomas Bernhard ; translated from the German by David McLintock.
Summary
"An unnamed writer arrives 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."--
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- Publication Date:2010, ©1987.
- Edition:1st Vintage International ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage International
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010, ©1987.
The Physical Object
- Description:181 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781400077595, 1400077591
- oclc:ocn462883001
- LC Classification:PT2662.E7
- Dewey Decimal:833/.914
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