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Witty satire on art, friendship, and society.

If you're seeking a read that combines intelligent humor with deep contemplation, "Old Masters" is a match. Bernhard's sardonic narrative captures the essence of a deep and complex friendship against the backdrop of art and culture critique. This book confronts life's seriousness with a constant undertone of humor, offering laughs as well as thoughts that linger well past the final page.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780141192710
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literary Criticism, Classics, Literature

Description

Old Masters is Thomas Bernhard's devilishly funny story about the friendship between two old men. For over thirty years Reger, a music critic, has sat on the same bench in front of a Tintoretto painting in a Viennese museum, thinking and railing against contemporary society, his fellow men, artists, the weather, even the state of public lavatories. His friend Atzbacher has been summoned to meet him, and through his eyes we learn more about Reger - the tragic death of his wife, his thoughts of suicide and, eventually, the true purpose of their appointment. At once pessimistic and exuberant, rancorous and hilarious, Old Masters is a richly satirical portrait of culture, genius, nationhood, class, the value of art and the pretensions of humanity.


Author: Thomas Bernhard
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publication Date: 2010
 

Witty satire on art, friendship, and society.

If you're seeking a read that combines intelligent humor with deep contemplation, "Old Masters" is a match. Bernhard's sardonic narrative captures the essence of a deep and complex friendship against the backdrop of art and culture critique. This book confronts life's seriousness with a constant undertone of humor, offering laughs as well as thoughts that linger well past the final page.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.