by Thomas Bernhard · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672434
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In 'The Italian', Thomas Bernhard presents us with a film script that becomes an autonomous literary piece. The book brings together, in chronological sequence, a fragment written by the author, an excerpt from a monologue, and an explanatory note, culminating in the peculiar script. This work, translated by Miguel Sáenz, offers a somber story that is revealed through the lines that serve as its origin, showcasing Bernhard's unique and characteristic style.
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial literature that was pessimistic about the human condition and highly critical of post-war Austrian and European culture. He developed a distinctive prose style often featuring multiple perspectives on characters and events, idiosyncratic vocabulary and punctuation, and long monologues by protagonists on the verge of insanity.
