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Woodcutters (German title: Holzfällen) is a novel by Thomas Bernhard, originally published in German in 1984. A roman à clef, its subject is the theatre and it forms the second part of a trilogy, between The Loser (1983) and Old Masters (1985) which deal with music and painting respectively.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Woodcutters is the first-person narrative of an over-the-hill, acrimonious gentleman who becomes reunited with a group of shallow, pretentious, artistic “wannabe” individuals with whom he had once been intimately acquainted, after the death of one of their mutual friends.
Fiercely observed, often hilarious, and “reminiscent of Ibsen and Strindberg” (The New York Times Book Review), this exquisitely controversial novel was initially banned in its author’s homeland.
10 de ago. de 2010 · A searing portrayal of Vienna’s bourgeoisie, it begins with the arrival of an unnamed writer at an ‘artistic dinner’ hosted by a composer and his society wife—a couple he once admired and has come to loathe. The guest of honor, a distinguished actor from the Burgtheater, is late.
3 de sept. de 2019 · Originally banned in Thomas Bernhard's homeland, Woodcutters brutally exposes the hollow pretentiousness of the Austrian bourgeoisie in an unforgettable firework...
10 de ago. de 2010 · Books. Woodcutters. Thomas Bernhard. National Geographic Books, Aug 10, 2010 - Fiction - 192 pages. Fiercely observed, often hilarious, and “reminiscent of Ibsen and Strindberg” ( The New York...
Woodcutters. This is a drawing room farce or tragedy, an Austrian version of WHOSE AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF -- could that association actually be why Jennie Billroth is seen as viewing herself as the Austrian Virginia Woolf? -- it takes place in the home of a very rich society couple in Vienna's better circles. Woodcutters?
