Cutting Timber: An Irritation (Mint First Edition)

Thomas Bernhard

ISBN 10: 0704326558 / ISBN 13: 9780704326552

Published by Quartet Books, 1988

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London: Quartet Books, 1988. First British edition. First printing. Hardbound. Translated from the German by E. Osers. New/New. An unread pristine copy. With mylar dust jacket protector. Smoke-free. Defect-free. Shipped in well paded box. Thomas Bernhard, one of the most distinct, celebrated, and perverse of 20th century writers, took his own life in 1989. Perhaps the greatest Austrian writer of the 20th century. Cutting Timber: An Irritation is widely recognised as his masterpiece, which takes place over the course of a few hours following a performance of Ibsen's The Wild Duck. Bookseller Inventory # 5434

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Title: Cutting Timber: An Irritation (Mint First ...

Publisher: Quartet Books

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition:New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition...

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Synopsis:

Thomas Bernhard's novel of life amid the art and theatre society of Vienna and London.

About the Author:

Thomas Bernhard was born in Holland in 1931 and grew up in Austria. He studied music at the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 1957 he began a second career, as a playwright, poet, and novelist. 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. He published nine novels, an autobiography, one volume of poetry, four collections of short stories, and six volumes of plays. Thomas Bernhard died in Austria in 1989.