Book by Bernhard Thomas
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The author chronicles his early life in this account of growing up, an unwanted child, in Austria, from the terrors of the prewar years to the anarchy of the occupation
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7723684-6
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.55. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0394547071-2-4
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.55. Nº de ref. del artículo: 0394547071-2-3
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Librería: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Translated from the German by David McLintock. Bright, clean & tight copy, erstwhile remainder (red stripe on text head), unread, in Fine condition. "From the great Austrian writer whose fiction and drama have won him accolades as the heir of Kafka and Beckett: a memoir of his youth that gives us the key to his work. Powerful, engrossing, with a dark pain and drama that often seem a twentieth-century echo of the childhood of Dickens, this is a marvelously written and deeply moving book. Here are the early years, the family, the school days of Thomas Bernhard--born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother and runaway father, and brought up in the country by an eccentric grandmother and an adored, fiercely liberal, anticlerical grandfather whose views make him an outcast in right-wing, ultra-Catholic Austria. School in the 1940s is a kind of prison, run first by priests, then by the Nazis who take over, and then, after 1945, by the priests again--but to the shy, gifted small boy caught in this trap, his tormentors seem to differ very little. At the age of 15, he runs away for good and apprentices himself as a shop assistant to a Czech refugee in Salzburg who operates a tiny fruit and vegetable business out of a cellar. The next three years are the first true happiness Bernhard has known--learning to master the terrors and fascinations of the real world. [usw] Originally published as five individual episodes, now gathered into a continuous whole, Thomas Bernhard's story haunts and moves, and compels our attention." [jacket copy] "Breathless, relentlessly compulsive. A remarkable literary contribution."--The New York Times Book Review. "A searing and utterly extraordinary memoir. Unflinching, resonant and simply important. The book is magnificent in every sentence."--Claire Messud, Newsday. "Vehement and fascinating. Arguably his finest work."--The Washington Post. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding; slight yellowing to boards, foxing to edges, fading to jacket's edge, o/w quite presentable in archival mylar cover. Nº de ref. del artículo: RUB2001
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Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.55. Nº de ref. del artículo: bk0394547071xvz189zvxgdd
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Librería: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition 1st printing - price clipped - owner's name inside cover - minor staining to dust jacket cover and page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3R-VTG7-6YR6
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Librería: North American Rarities, Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. First American Edition / First Printing. Near Fine book in Very Good DJ. DJ has minimal edge wear. There is discoloration on the rear panel. It is protected in a new mylar cover. Book has clean covers; solid squared binding; clean textblock. Nº de ref. del artículo: 034078
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Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. The author chronicles his early life in this account of growing up, an unwanted child, in Austria, from the terrors of the prewar years to the anarchy of the occupation. Nº de ref. del artículo: AMPLE0394547071
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Librería: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First American edition. 340pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket with slight toning. Nº de ref. del artículo: 558881
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Librería: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First American Edition. Ex-owner name on flyleaf else about fine in near fine dustjacket. 340 pp. 'Translated from the German by David McLintock'. Nº de ref. del artículo: 010869
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