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Wittgenstein's Nephew

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Two men lie bedridden in separate wings of a Viennese hospital. The narrator, Thomas Bernhard, is stricken with a lung ailment; his friend Paul, nephew of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is suffering from one of his periodic bouts of madness. These eccentric men begin to see in each other a possible antidote to their feelings of hopelessness and mortality.

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Wittgenstein's Nephew, Thomas Bernhard

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2013
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Language
English
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Released
2013
Format
Paperback
Pages
106
ISBN10
0571288413
ISBN13
9780571288410
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First published
1982
Original title
Wittgensteins Neffe
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Two men lie bedridden in separate wings of a Viennese hospital. The narrator, Thomas Bernhard, is stricken with a lung ailment; his friend Paul, nephew of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is suffering from one of his periodic bouts of madness. These eccentric men begin to see in each other a possible antidote to their feelings of hopelessness and mortality.