Research Catalog

Title

The rest is slander : five stories / Thomas Bernhard ; translated by Douglas Robertson.

Author

Bernhard, Thomas

Publication

London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2022.

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Details

Additional Authors

Robertson, Douglas (Translator)

Description

191 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The cold increases with the clarity," said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a major literary prize in 1965. That clarity was the postwar realization that the West's last remaining cultural reference points were being swept away by the ever-greater commodification of humankind. Collecting five stylistically transitional tales by Bernhard, all of which take place in sites of extreme cold, this volume extends that bleak vision of the master Austrian storyteller. In "Ungenach," the reluctant heir of an enormous estate chooses to give away his legacy to an assortment of oddballs as he discovers the past of his older brother, who was murdered during a career in futile colonialist philanthropy. In "The Weatherproof Cape," a lawyer tries to maintain a sense of familial solidarity with a now-dead client with the help of an unremarkable piece of clothing. "Midland in Stilfs" casts a jaundiced eye on the laughable efforts of a cosmopolitan foreigner to attain local authenticity on a moribund Alpine farmstead. In "At the Ortler," two middle-aged brothers--one a scientist, the other an acrobat--meditate on their unusual career paths while they climb a mountain to reclaim a long-abandoned family property. And in "At the Timberline," the unexpected arrival of a young couple in a mountain village leads to the discovery of a scandalous crime that casts a shadow on the personal life of the policeman investigating it."--

Series Statement

The German list

Uniform Title

• Short stories. Selections. English
• German list.

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

• Bernhard, Thomas > Translations into English
• Bernhard, Thomas

Genre/Form

• Translations.
• Fiction.
• Short stories.

Language (note)

• Translated from the German.

Contents

Translator's acknowledgements -- On the Ortler: a message from Gomagoi -- At the timberline -- Midland at Stilfs -- The weatherproof cape -- Ungenach -- Translator's notes.

Call Number

JFE 23-1129

ISBN

• 9781803090672
• 1803090677

OCLC

1346305689

Author

Bernhard, Thomas, author.

Title

The rest is slander : five stories / Thomas Bernhard ; translated by Douglas Robertson.

Publisher

London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The German list

German list.

Language

Translated from the German.

Added Author

Robertson, Douglas (Translator), translator.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1129