The opposite direction
The arrival of Douglas Robertson’s new translation of Thomas Bernhard’s Die Billigesser in a compa…
The arrival of Douglas Robertson’s new translation of Thomas Bernhard’s Die Billigesser in a compa…
Today's date means it is thirty years since Thomas Bernhard died. Twenty years ago I wrote a …
The saints were uneducated. Why, then, do they write so well? Is it only inspiration? They have st…
What draws me back to Thomas Bernhard's novels is the wish to appreciate again how each is set …
My most recent post, The authorisation to invent , criticises the dominant mode of fiction as pract…
More Thomas Bernhard (content deleted now). Thanks be given to Douglas Robertson for completing th…
Going back to a beloved novel after many years can be a disconcerting experience. Often you wonder …
After days of inert wondering why Thomas Bernhard's My Prizes felt like more than " a wea…
“It is not every day one is sent a masterpiece to review”, wrote Gabriel Josipovici in reviewing…