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. Seller Inventory # 5434
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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.
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Title: Cutting Timber: An Irritation (Mint First ...
Publisher: Quartet Books
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Edition: 1st Edition.
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Cutting Timber
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Quartet Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0704326558
ISBN 13: 9780704326552
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Book and dust jacket are in Near Fine condition. Clean, tight, and unmarked, with the exception of the original owner's tidy signature on the title page. Regarded as Bernhard's masterpiece, it was originally published in German in 1984. A roman à clef, its subject is the theatre. It forms the second part of a trilogy, between The Loser (1983) and Old Masters (1985) which deal with music and painting respectively. Its publication created an uproar in Austria, where it became a bestseller before a defamation lawsuit by the composer Gerhard Lampersberg resulted in a court order to destroy the remaining copies. Lampersberg, a former friend of Bernhard's and the model for the character Auersberger, subsequently dropped the suit. Octavo, 148 pp. Mylar protected. Seller Inventory # 217
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