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Chicago. 2003. University Of Chicago Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0226044327. Translated from the German by Peter Jansen & Kenneth J. Northcott. Foreword by Brian Evenson. 174 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Paul Edmondson. keywords: Literature Translated Austria. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Uninitiated readers should consider THREE NOVELLAS a passport to the absurd, dark, and uncommonly comic world of Bernhard. Two of the three novellas here have never before been published in English, and all of them show an early preoccupation with the themes-illness and madness, isolation, tragic friendships-that would obsess Bernhard throughout his career. AMRAS, one of his earliest works, tells the story of two brothers, one epileptic, who have survived a family suicide pact and are now living in a ruined tower, struggling with madness, trying either to come fully back to life or finally to die. In PLAYING WATTEN, the narrator, a doctor who lost his practice due to morphine abuse, describes a visit paid him by a truck driver who wanted the doctor to return to his habit of playing a game of cards (watten) every Wednesday-a habit that the doctor had interrupted when one of the players killed himself. The last novella, WALKING, records the conversations of the narrator and his friend Oehler while they walk, discussing anything that comes to mind but always circling back to their mutual friend Karrer, who has gone irrevocably mad. Perhaps the most overtly philosophical work in Bernhard's highly philosophical oeuvre, WALKING provides a penetrating meditation on the impossibility of truly thinking. THREE NOVELLAS offers a superb introduction to the fiction of perhaps the greatest unsung hero of twentieth-century literature. Rarely have the words suffocating, intense, and obsessive been meant so positively. inventory #19246.
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Add this copy of Three Novellas Walking; Amras; Playing Watten (Dj to cart. $45.96, like new condition, Sold by Sage Rare & Collectible Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Livonia, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of Chicago Press.
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Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 0226044327. Black cloth cover is pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket is pristine. Publisher's price of $25.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of it's condition. ); 8.0 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 184 pages.
Add this copy of Three Novellas to cart. $47.58, very good condition, Sold by Chris Korczak, Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Easthampton, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of Chicago Press.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. 8". First printing. Fine in near fine jacket (flattened out front flap crease). We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
