My prizes 9780307272874, 9780307594235 vitalsource. Bernhard, whose body of work has been called the most significant literary achievement since world war ii, is widely considered to be one of the most important germanspeaking authors of the postwar era. What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth. Nov 15, 2015 rare documentaire alsacien sur thomas bernhard. Frances wilson, who introduced notting hill editions title my prizes by thomas bernhard, here discusses bernhard, the enfant terrible of austrian literature, and the prizes he accepted with such. These are the texts of four short speeches that bernhard alludes to throughout my prizes, and that stand as the most revelatory confession ive ever encountered about a novelists process, a novelists motives, a novelists nightmares. His formal innovation ranks with beckett and kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own. He wrote with unfailing vitriolic scorn and runon paragraphs of. They are the absolute negation of all the poems, plays and books he ever wrote. Bernhard or at least the publishers sell the book as an attack on the literary establishment but, despite all the cynicism and irony, despite the cutting criticism and furious attacks on individual prizes, organisations or individuals. My prizes, this hitherto unpublished comedic work shows bernhard at the very top of his art. Most of these involved a prizeceremony of sorts which is usually where things went wrong, but bernhard also writes about the surrounding circumstances, making meine preise a prizefocussed and very selective memoir.
Exclusive alsatian documentary about thomas bernhard, subtitled by ferry radax. My prizes by thomas bernhard overdrive rakuten overdrive. Completed in 1980 but published here for the first time, my prizes is an accounting prize by prize, blow by blow of the background and circumstances of reception of nine literary prizes that thomas bernhard was awarded between 1963 and 1980, followed by some of the speeches he delivered on those occasions each of which was also the occasion for scandal or worse. Thomas bernhard was an austrian novelist, playwright and poet. My prizes is a brilliantly mordant memoir of the background and circumstances of nine literary prizes awarded to austrian novelist and enfant terrible, thomas bernhard, between 1963 and 1980, followed by some of the speeches he delivered on those occasions.
An accounting di thomas bernhard, carol brown janeway. Jul 12, 2012 frances wilson, who introduced notting hill editions title my prizes by thomas bernhard, here discusses bernhard, the enfant terrible of austrian literature, and the prizes he accepted with such. Whether it was the bremen literature prize, the grillparzer prize, or. Loathing moved the late austrian novelist thomas bernhard to write. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Thomas bernhard quarrels with the world in general, the cultural world in particular, and most especially, with. Nov 23, 2010 thomas bernhard was born in holland in 1931 and grew up in austria. Thomas bernhard was born in 1931 in heerlen in the netherlands, where his unmarried mother herta bernhard worked as a maid. Thomas bernhard was a writer who fashioned his own truth, while at the same time also claiming that there is no such thing as truth. Thomas bernhard a collection of personal writings, originally penned in 1980, recounts farces that developed around literary awards received by the late author, from his ungracious participation in ceremonies to the.
Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Bernhard, thomas 2009, meine preise, suhrkamp isbn 9783518420553 thomas bernhard is among the most compelling writers of the. Read my prizes an accounting by thomas bernhard available from rakuten kobo. One of bernhard s most acclaimed novels, the loser centers on a fictional relationship between piano virtuoso glenn gould and two. Thomas bernhard in a 1986 interview with anja zeidler bernhards novels move from the present to. From the autumn of 1931 he lived with his grandparents in vienna until 1937 when his mother, who had married in the meantime, moved him to traunstein, bavaria, in nazi germany. Stewart thomas bernhard was a writer who fashioned his own truth, while at the same time also claiming that there is no such thing as truth. May 11, 2015 this time its nonfiction, specifically some selections from bernhards book my prizes, which documents his experiences with several literary prizes and also includes some of the speeches he made over the years at prize ceremonies. He trained as an actor at the mozarteum in salzburg 19551957 and was always profoundly interested in music.
Though he is austrian, thomas bernhard was actually born in 1931 in a dutch home for unwed mothers. A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth centurys most famous literary enfa. My prizes an accounting by thomas bernhard and publisher knopf. Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes thomas bernhard received in his lifetime. Dec 26, 2010 certainly its doubtful the two works on offer here, my prizes, a slight if biting accounting of bernhards literary awards, and prose, a collection of short stories from. Written with a dark pain and drama that recalls the. He published nine novels, an autobiography, one volume of poetry, four collections of short stories, and six volumes of plays. Literary prizes gave thomas bernhard yet another reason to.
Two newly translated texts provide an opportunity to correct the woeful stature of the austrian playwright and novelist thomas bernhard in the. Nov 29, 2011 included in this edition is my prizes, a collection of bernhards viciously funny and revelatory essays on his later literary life. Notes toward an understanding of thomas bernhard quarterly. An accounting book online at best prices in india on.
Consider the extensive reissue project undertaken by vintage, culminating in the recent publication of bernhards pseudomemoir, gathering evidence, bundled with his satirical treatment of his own fame, my prizes. The winner of the three most distinguished and coveted literary prizes awarded in germany, he has become one of the most widely translated and admired writers of his generation. A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth centurys most. Included in this edition is my prizes, a collection of bernhards viciously funny and revelatory essays on his later literary life. After days of inert wondering why thomas bernhard s my prizes felt like more than a weakish book and thereby, according to the dictates of professional reception, valuable only for throwing the socalled greatness of his novels into finer relief, or, rather, why it felt that this socalled weakness was in fact a strength in the same way that the illness, or, to be more precise, the double. His novels published in english include the loser, frost, gargoyles, correction. My prizes seems a fine place to begin exploring this infuriating, indispensable author. Included in this edition is my prizes, a collection of bernhard s viciously funny and revelatory essays on his later literary life. Some other, better bernhard, or the rights and wrongs of. A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one. Besides writing of his aunt, he describes the julius campe prize, honoring the.
A nonfiction account of literary prizes that bernhard was awarded and the absurd ceremonies held in his honor. And yet, bernhard is experiencing a flowering beyond what one would expect from a cult author. In meine preise thomas bernhard offers accounts of receiving nine of the literary prizes and honours he was awarded between 1964 and 1970. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. He never knew his father, who did not acknowledge bernhard as his son and who was killed in germany during world war ii. Being thomas bernhard, of course, its not just the recipients of these prizes who are all assholesa whole row of assholes, to be preciseits also the people who decide which scribbling asshole gets the prize, namely austrias cultural senate, which is full of assholes. The disappointmet in meine preise is the lack of substance. Suffering throughout his teens from lung ailments, including tuberculosis, bernhard spent the years 1949 to 1951 at the grafenhof sanatorium in sankt veit im pongau. Frances wilson on thomas bernhard s my prizes frances wilson, who introduced notting hill editions title my prizes by thomas bernhard, here discusses bernhard, the enfant terrible of austrian literature. Gathering evidence and my prizes by thomas bernhard goodreads.
Thomas bernhard was born in holland in 1931 and grew up in austria. Frances wilson on thomas bernhards my prizes youtube. My prizes ebook by thomas bernhard 9780307594235 rakuten kobo. A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth centurys most famous literary enfants terribles. Frances wilson on thomas bernhard s my prizes duration.
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