Old Masters - A Comedy (Paperback)

'Bernhard is one of the masters of contemporary European fiction'George Steiner Old Masters (1985) is Thomas Bernhard's devilishly funny story about the friendship between two old men. For over thirty years Reger, a music critic, has sat on the same bench in front of a Tintoretto painting in a Viennese museum, thinking and railing against contemporary society, his fellow men, artists, the weather, even the state of public lavatories. His friend Atzbacher has been summoned to meet him, and through his eyes we learn more about Reger - the tragic death of his wife, his thoughts of suicide and, eventually, the true purpose of their appointment. At once pessimistic and exuberant, rancorous and hilarious, Old Masters is a richly satirical portrait of culture, genius, nationhood, class, the value of art and the pretensions of humanity.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Modern Classics
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Thomas Bernhard
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-45942-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-241-45942-7
Barcode:	9780241459423

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Terrible

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 | Review by: Michelle

Vitriolic, rambling writer. Not what I was expecting, unfortunately.

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