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Thomas Bernhard: 3 Days
Thomas Bernhard
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Description for Thomas Bernhard: 3 Days
Hardcover. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Over the course of three days in 1970, June 5, 6, and7, simply sitting on a white bench in a Hamburg park, Thomas Bernhard delivered a powerful monologue for Three Days (DreiTage), filmmaker Ferry Radax s commanding film portrait of the great Austrian writer. Radax interwove the monologue with a variety of metaphorically resonant visual techniquesblacking out the screen to total darkness, suggestive of the closing of the observing eye; cuts to scenes of cameramen, lighting and recording equipment; extreme camera distance and extreme closeup. Bernhard had not yet written his autobiographical work Gathering Evidence, published originally in five separate ... Read more
Over the course of three days in 1970, June 5, 6, and7, simply sitting on a white bench in a Hamburg park, Thomas Bernhard delivered a powerful monologue for Three Days (DreiTage), filmmaker Ferry Radax s commanding film portrait of the great Austrian writer. Radax interwove the monologue with a variety of metaphorically resonant visual techniquesblacking out the screen to total darkness, suggestive of the closing of the observing eye; cuts to scenes of cameramen, lighting and recording equipment; extreme camera distance and extreme closeup. Bernhard had not yet written his autobiographical work Gathering Evidence, published originally in five separate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Blast Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780922233465
SKU
V9780922233465
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99-15
About Thomas Bernhard
Thomas Bernhard (19311989) is internationally acclaimed as a writer in the pantheon of world literature classics. His widely translated works include poetry, drama, novels, and an extensive memoir. He won many of the topmost prestigious literary prizes of Europe, including the Austrian State Prize, and is regarded as Austria's greatest postWorld War II writer. His works include Frost, The Loser, ... Read more
Reviews for Thomas Bernhard: 3 Days
Great book design is always a combination of several things. Taste, cleverness, an ability to graphically augment content But this goes beyond all of that. Perhaps beyond design altogether. This collaboration between Laura Lindgren (translator and designer), Ferry Radax (Bernhard s film biographer), and Thomas Bernhard (one of the great writers of the 20th century) has produced a unique work ... Read more