Heldenplatz - Couverture souple

Bernhard, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840029951 ISBN 13 : 9781840029956

Editeur : Oberon Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Thomas Bernhard is widely considered to be one of the most important German playwrights in the post-war era. Highly acclaimed, he has written over twenty plays and novels and gained a reputation as one of Austrias most controversial authors.




Bernhard wrote Heldenplatz in 1988 as a response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria by Hitlers Germany. Highly controversial in Austria, the play concerns a Jewish professor who returns to Vienna after the Second World War and discovers that his fellow Austrians are as anti-semitic as ever.

Heldenplatz is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss.




In Heldenplatz, Bernhard's final play, he explores the shared isolation of people who have lost their bearings, along with most of their illusions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet. He is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era and won awards including the Georg Büchner Prize (1970) and the Grimme Prize (1972). His complete works are published by Suhrkamp Verlag in twenty-two volumes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oberon Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840029951
• ISBN 13: 9781840029956
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible