Thomas Bernhard 1 - Wittgenstein's Nephew (1982)

In this video, the first in a series of 12 I will be making in 2023, one a month, each focused on a single work of Thomas Bernhard, I provide a short introduction to his writing that will hopefully be useful for those new to his work, and then move on to a discussion of his 1982 book, Wittgenstein's Nephew.

There is a discussion group accompanying this project. If you wish to participate, please download Voxer, a free app for your mobile device, register an account, and then drop your username in the comments or send me an email (look on the About tab) and I will add you.

Those with channels who are participating in the group are:

‪@idgitreadsandrambles7090‬
‪@thegrimmreader3649‬
‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬
‪@ramblingraconteur1616‬

My thanks to the others participating also. In February we are reading Bernhard's 1982 work, Concrete.

For those who want even more detail regarding Bernhard's methods, there's my Getting into Thomas Bernhard video:    • Getting into Thomas Bernhard's fiction  

For those who want to jump to my discussion of Wittgenstein's Nephew, this link will take you to the relevant point: 09:21

The Evelyn Waugh short story I referenced is "The Man Who Loved Dickens," available for free download from here: http://dpikeasuprep.weebly.com/upload...

I make use of Gerard Genette's terminology in my analysis. His excellent book, Narrative Discourse, is available for free download from here: https://ia902908.us.archive.org/24/it...

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