内容简介
TheplaywrightandnovelistThomasBernhardwasoneofthemostwidelytranslatedandadmiredwritersofhisgeneration,winnerofthethreemostcovetedliteraryprizesinGermany.Gargoyles,oneofhisearliestnovels,isasingular,surrealstudyofthenatureofhumanity.OnemorningadoctorandhissonsetoutondailyroundsthroughthegrimmountainousAustriancountryside.Theyobservethecolorfulcharacterstheyencounter--fromaninnkeeperwhosewifehasbeenmurderedtoacrippledmusicalprodigykeptinacage--copingwithphysicalmisery,madness,andthebrutalityoftheausterelandscape.Theparadeofhumangrotesquesculminatesinahundred-pagemonologuebyaneccentric,paranoidprince,arelentlesslyflowingcascadeofwordsthatisclassicBernhard.
作者简介
THOMASBERNHARDwasborninHollandin1931andgrewupinAustria.HestudiedmusicattheAkademieMozarteuminSalzburg.In1957hebeganasecondcareer,asaplaywright,poet,andnovelist.ThewinnerofthethreemostdistinguishedandcovetedliteraryprizesawardedinGermany,hehasbecomeoneofthemostwidelytranslatedandadmiredwritersofhisgeneration.HisnovelspublishedinEnglishincludeGargoyles,TheLimeWorks,Correction,Concrete,Woodcutters,andWittgenstein'sNephew;anumberofhisplayshavebeenproducedoffBroadway,attheTyroneGuthrieTheatreinMinneapolis,andattheatersinLondonandthroughoutEurope.Thefivesegmentsofhismemoirwerepublishedinonevolume,GatheringEvidence,in1985.ThomasBernharddiedin1989.