Thomas Bernhard?

Jelinek is still around so god knows what she can do w/that.

"Everything in an intellectual mind is anarchy."

reading the abish memoir and the part where abish reads bernhard in vienna making me want some bernhard.

This is an indepedent translation of a book published a few years ago by his estate agent (and Bernhard's friend for about a decade), an account of many conversations with Bernhard.

http://shirtysleeves.blogspot.com/2019/02/preface-at-certain-point-in-his-long.html

Only have the 1st part so far (covering Jan '72) but its often really fucking funny in places.

OK, this is hilarious.

We’ve often spoken about his death before. He’s changed his mind three times about where he wants to be buried. First it was Vienna, then Ohlsdorf, and now it’s Neukirchen bei Altmünster. During such conversations Thomas has repeatedly stressed that suicide, which is certainly the way that other people think he’s most likely to die, is something he’ll never commit no matter what. He isn’t about to do the world such a favor. Now he didn’t contradict me. He said that in the event of such a serious accident resulting in the loss of a leg, it would all be over for him, literally and completely over, because walking for hours on end is something he’s quite simply got to do. Thomas rolls up the two pairs of trousers so that he can take them with him to use in washing up and DIY work later on.

Just started Yes, my first Bernhard.

I read that a couple of weeks ago! Not my first, and not his best, but still very good.

Picked up Woodcutters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSHmANet3Ag

Fantastic. I had never seen or heard him before.

I've always imagined per Woodcutters that this guy remains permanently seated, alarmed to see him get up and walk around halfway into this

The person who did the subs for that has translated a lot of Bernhard stuff in his blog and is now having this one published next month:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheap-Eaters-Thomas-Bernhard/dp/1943679134

Walking is his among his best for me, just astonishing.

That isn't very much mentioned. I might just get it

I want to try Jen Craig this year, here is a short interview where she talks about Bernhard a bit.

https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/q-a-with-jen-craig/

She’s amazing.