MY PRIZES. AN ACCOUNTING. [First ed New}. Translaed from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.

Bernhard, Thomas.

ISBN 10: 0307272877 / ISBN 13: 9780307272874

Published by Alfred Knopf,, New York,, 2010

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First US Edition 129, (7) pp., German Grey paper over board with gilt spine title, dust jacket. Fine, fine, new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MY PRIZES. AN ACCOUNTING. [First ed New}. Translaed from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.
• Publisher: Alfred Knopf,, New York,
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307272877
• ISBN 13: 9780307272874
• Binding: HC
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.

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. Whether it was the Bremen Literature Prize, the Grillparzer Prize, or the Austrian State Prize, his participation in the acceptance ceremony—always less than gracious, it must be said—resulted in scandal (only at the awarding of the prize from Austria’s Federal Chamber of Commerce did Bernhard feel at home: he received that one, he said, in recognition of the great example he set for shopkeeping apprentices). And the remuneration connected with the prizes presented him with opportunities for adventure—of the new-house and luxury-car variety.

Here is a portrait of the writer as a prizewinner: laconic, sardonic, and shaking his head with biting amusement at the world and at himself. A revelatory work of dazzling comedy, the pinnacle of Bernhardian art.

About the Author

Thomas Bernhard was born in Holland in 1931 and grew up in Austria. 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. His novels published in English include The Loser, Frost, Gargoyles, Correction, and Wittgenstein’s Nephew. The five segments of his memoir were published in one volume, Gathering Evidence, in 1985. Thomas Bernhard died in 1989.