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Thomas Bernhard

Born

in Heerlen, Netherlands

February 09, 1931

Died

February 12, 1989

Website

http://www.thomasbernhard.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Plays

Influences

Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Wolfgang Goethe, Knut ...more

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Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who ranks among the most distinguished German-speaking writers of the second half of the 20th century.

Although internationally he’s most acclaimed because of his novels, he was also a prolific playwright. His characters are often at work on a lifetime and never-ending major project while they deal with themes such as suicide, madness and obsession, and, as Bernhard did, a love-hate relationship with Austria. His prose is tumultuous but sober at the same time, philosophic by turns, with a musical cadence and plenty of black humor.

He started publishing in the year 1963 with the novel Frost. His last published work, appearing in the year 1986, was Extinction. Some of his best-known works include The Loser ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 75,905 ratings · 8,601 reviews · 293 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Loser 4.02 avg rating — 13,413 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 8,897 ratings — published 1984 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wittgenstein’s Nephew 4.02 avg rating — 6,997 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concrete by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 4,850 ratings — published 1982 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Masters: A Comedy by Thomas Bernhard, Ewald Osers (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 4,069 ratings — published 1985 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Correction by Thomas Bernhard, Sophie Wilkins (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 3,784 ratings — published 1975 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extinction by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 3,452 ratings — published 1986 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard, Richard Winston (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 3,152 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frost by Thomas Bernhard, Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 2,177 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lime Works by Thomas Bernhard, Sophie Wilkins (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,895 ratings — published 1970 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Correction

tags: funny, humor, inspirational

641 likes

“It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Gargoyles

tags: death, sadness, sickness

193 likes

“Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing.”
― Thomas Bernhard, Concrete

tags: aspirations, carefree, illness, longevity, mortality

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February 2023 New School Classic Group Read

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor, 1971, 206 pages

50 votes, 25.0%

True Grit by Charles Portis, 1968, 224 pages

48 votes, 24.0%

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry, 1966, 280 pages

29 votes, 14.5%

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, 1920, 454 pages

28 votes, 14.0%

Concrete by Thomas Bernhard, 1982, 154 pages

20 votes, 10.0%

Being There by Jerzy Kosiński, 1970, 160 pages

16 votes, 8.0%

The Winners by Julio Cortázar, 1960, 456 pages

9 votes, 4.5%

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