FrostKnopf, 2006 - 341 Visceral, raw, singular, and distinctive, "Frost" is the story of a friendship between a young man at the beginning of his medical career and a painter who is entering his final days. A writer of world stature, Thomas Bernhard combined a searing wit and an unwavering gaze into the human condition. "Frost" follows an unnamed young Austrian who accepts an unusual assignment. Rather than continue with his medical studies, he travels to a bleak mining town in the back of beyond, in order to clinically observe the aged painter, Strauch, who happens to be the brother of this young man's surgical mentor. The catch is this: Strauch must not know the young man's true occupation or the reason for his arrival. Posing as a promising law student with a love of Henry James, the young man befriends the mad artist and is caught up among an equally extraordinary cast of local characters, from his resentful landlady to the town's mining engineers. This debut novel by Thomas Bernhard, which came out in German in 1963 and is now being published in English for the first time, marks the beginning of what was one of the twentieth century's most powerful, provocative literary careers. |
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... say . " I've forgotten it . " — " Ask me something ? " he says , and descends into the grave again . I can only see his head , and I take a step forward , and now I can see his back as well . “ A grave , " I say . He says : " How do you ...
... say . " I've forgotten it . " — " Ask me something ? " he says , and descends into the grave again . I can only see his head , and I take a step forward , and now I can see his back as well . “ A grave , " I say . He says : " How do you ...
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... says the engineer . " But there are other things we can do : right now we're sinking a bridge support . That's not without its dangers . " The painter says : " Isn't it very cold over the river ? It makes me cold to look at it , what ...
... says the engineer . " But there are other things we can do : right now we're sinking a bridge support . That's not without its dangers . " The painter says : " Isn't it very cold over the river ? It makes me cold to look at it , what ...
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... says . The knacker asks how deep into the riverbed they had to drill . " Twenty meters , " says the engi- neer . And had they completed the relaying of the rail tracks . " Yes , " says the engineer . They had had to blast twenty thou ...
... says . The knacker asks how deep into the riverbed they had to drill . " Twenty meters , " says the engi- neer . And had they completed the relaying of the rail tracks . " Yes , " says the engineer . They had had to blast twenty thou ...
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