Description
Thomas Bernhard's final novel, *Extinction*, plunges into the fractured psyche of its narrator, a man consumed by his Austrian heritage and self-imposed exile in Rome. Returning to the provincial town of Wolfsegg, he confronts the ghosts of his family's past and the suffocating weight of his identity. Through Bernhard's signature, relentless prose, the novel dissects themes of decay, memory, and the inescapable nature of one's origins. It is a searing, darkly humorous exploration of a soul grappling with its own extinction.
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hardcover
Quartet Qrime
Published Sep 1, 1995
352 pages
ISBN: 9780704370852
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First Published
1986
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
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