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Victor Halfwit: A Winter's Tale (Seagull Books - Seagull World Literature)
Thomas Bernhard
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Description for Victor Halfwit: A Winter's Tale (Seagull Books - Seagull World Literature)
Hardcover. One night in the middle of winter, as deep snow covers the mountains and forests of Austria, a doctor is crossing a ridge from Traich to Foding to see a patient. He stumbles over a body in the darkness and fears it is a corpse. But it's not a corpse at all - in fact, it's wooden-legged Victor Halfwit, collapsed, but still very much alive. Illustrator(s): Banerjee, Sunandini. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 colour plates. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1448.
One night in the middle of winter, as deep snow covers the mountains and forests of Austria, a doctor is crossing a ridge from Traich to Foding to see a patient. He stumbles over a body in the darkness and fears it is a corpse. But it's not a corpse at all - in fact, it's wooden-legged Victor Halfwit, collapsed, but still very much alive. So begins this dark and comic tale by celebrated Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard. We discover that Halfwit foolishly made a bet with a local mill owner that Halfwit could cover the distance ... Read more
One night in the middle of winter, as deep snow covers the mountains and forests of Austria, a doctor is crossing a ridge from Traich to Foding to see a patient. He stumbles over a body in the darkness and fears it is a corpse. But it's not a corpse at all - in fact, it's wooden-legged Victor Halfwit, collapsed, but still very much alive. So begins this dark and comic tale by celebrated Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard. We discover that Halfwit foolishly made a bet with a local mill owner that Halfwit could cover the distance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books
Condition
New
Series
Seagull World Literature
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906497644
SKU
V9781906497644
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About Thomas Bernhard
Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) grew up in Salzburg and Vienna, where he studied music. In 1957 he began a second career as a playwright, poet, and novelist. He went on to win many of the most prestigious literary awards of Europe. Martin Chalmers is a translator and editor whose translations include works by Hubert Fichte, Ernst Weiss, Herta Mueller, Alexander Kluge, ... Read more
Reviews for Victor Halfwit: A Winter's Tale (Seagull Books - Seagull World Literature)
"The feeling grows that Thomas Bernhard is the most original, concentrated novelist writing in German. His connections... with the great constellation of Kafka, Musil, and Broch become ever clearer." - George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement "What is extraordinary about Bernhard is that his relentless pessimism never seems open to ridicule; his world is so powerfully imagined that it can seem ... Read more