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In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to meet him in a Viennese museum. While Reger gazes at a Tintoretto portrait, Atzbacher--who fears Reger's plans to kill himself--gives us a portrait of the musicologist: his wisdom, his devotion to his wife, and his love-hate relationship with art. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating. Bernhard's . . . most enjoyable novel.--Robert Craft, New York Review of Books. Bernhard is one of the masters of contemporary European fiction. --George Steiner
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Old Masters, Thomas Bernhard
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Old Masters
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Bernhard
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0141192712
- ISBN13
- 9780141192710
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Humor, Classics, German Literature, 20th century, Realistic Fiction, Social Critique, Austrian Literature, Dark Humor, Critique of Religion, Central European Literature, Monologues
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- Alte Meister
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to meet him in a Viennese museum. While Reger gazes at a Tintoretto portrait, Atzbacher--who fears Reger's plans to kill himself--gives us a portrait of the musicologist: his wisdom, his devotion to his wife, and his love-hate relationship with art. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating. Bernhard's . . . most enjoyable novel.--Robert Craft, New York Review of Books. Bernhard is one of the masters of contemporary European fiction. --George Steiner