Although he is best known in the United States as a novelist, Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard has been hailed in Europe as one of the most significant and controversial of contemporary playwrights. George Steiner has predicted that the current era in German-language literature will be recognized as the "Bernhard period"; John Updike compares Bernhard with Kafka, Grass, Handke, and Weiss. His dark, absurdist plays can be likened to those of Beckett and Pinter, but their cultural and political concerns are distinctly Bernhard's. While Austria's recent political history lends particular credibility to Bernhard's satire, his criticisms are directed at the modern world generally; his plays grapple with questions of totalitarianism and the subjection of the individual and with notions of reality and appearance.
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A Party for Boris is the first play Thomas Bernhard wrote. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Oldest Cripple, Doctor Frege, Old Cripple, Madame Bruscon, Lady Churchill, Young Cripple, Madame Curie, Bruscon Bruscon, Ritter That, May Eroica, Uncle Friedrich, Dene You've, Landlord Bruscon, Mont Blanc, Ritter Ludwig, Boris Can, Boris Isn't, Dene That, Landlord He, Ritter Did, Six Cripples New!
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The Oldest Cripple, Doctor Frege, Old Cripple, Madame Bruscon, Lady Churchill, Young Cripple, Madame Curie, Bruscon Bruscon, Ritter That, May Eroica, Uncle Friedrich, Dene You've, Landlord Bruscon, Mont Blanc, Ritter Ludwig, Boris Can, Boris Isn't, Dene That, Landlord He, Ritter Did, Six Cripples New!
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- Gathering Evidence: A Memoir by Thomas Bernhard in Front Matter
- The Lime Works (Phoenix Fiction) by Thomas Bernhard in Front Matter
- As If (National Poetry Series) by James Richardson on page 187
- Three Plays: The Keep, Jackie the Jumper, Loud Organs by Gwyn Thomas in Front Matter
- Der Theatermacher (Bibliothek Suhrkamp) (German Edition) by Thomas Bernhard on page 179
- Understanding Thomas Bernhard (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature) by Stephen D. Dowden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wittgenstein's Novels (Studies in Philosophy) by Martin Klebes in Back Matter
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