In Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon by Thomas Bernhard

In Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon by Thomas Bernhard

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Bringing together Thomas Bernhard's second and third books of poetry, this collection contains short, untitled lyrics presenting his early explorations of themes that would continue to preoccupy him in his novels, plays, and other writings - especially his intense ambivalence toward the land and people of Austria and their then-recent Nazi past.

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In Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon by Thomas Bernhard

Bringing together Thomas Bernhard's second and third books of poetry, this collection contains short, untitled lyrics presenting his early explorations of themes that would continue to preoccupy him in his novels, plays, and other writings - especially his intense ambivalence toward the land and people of Austria and their then-recent Nazi past.
"For all their acrid elegance, [these poems] are compelling because Thomas Bernhard wrote them.. [T]hey ... show how deeply Bernhard, the caustic besmircher of the native nest, was rooted in the soil of his homeland. Every line suggests that his love of it was almost equal to his loathing."--Eric Ormsby, New York Sun
Thomas Bernhard is widely considered one of the most important Austrian writers of the twentieth century. Among his best-known works are the novels Gargoyles and Woodcutters and the play Heldenplatz. James Reidel is a poet, translator, and scholar. He is the author of My Window Seat for Arlena Twigg and Other Poems and Vanished Act: The Life and Art of Weldon Kees.
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ISBN 13 9780691126425
ISBN 10 0691126429
Title In Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon
Author Thomas Bernhard
Series The Lockert Library Of Poetry In Translation
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2006-05-22
Number of pages 192
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