{"product_id":"collected-poems-9781803090504","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBernhard's \u003ci\u003eCollected Poem \u003c\/i\u003eis a key to understanding Bernhard's irascible black comedy found in virtually all of his writings--even down to his last will and testament. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beloved Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) began his career in the early 1950s as a poet. Over the next decade, Bernhard wrote thousands of poems and published four volumes of intensely wrought and increasingly personal verse, with such titles as \u003ci\u003eOn Earth and in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e In\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHora\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMortis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Iron of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. Bernhard's early poetry, bearing the influence of Georg Trakl, begins with a deep connection to his Austrian homeland. As his poems saw publication and recognition, Bernhard seemed always on the verge of joining the ranks of Ingeborg Bachmann, Paul Celan, and other young post-war poets writing in German. During this time, however, his poems became increasingly more obsessive, filled with undulant self-pity, counterpointed by a defamatory, bardic voice utterly estranged from his country, all of which resulted in a magisterial work of anti-poetry--one that represents Bernhard's own harrowing experience with his leitmotif of success and failure, which makes his fiction such a pleasure. There is much to be found in these pages for Bernhard fans of every stripe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803090504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Thomas Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370526675125,"sku":"9781803090504","price":15.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7cb741e8-057f-4c8a-9183-8212bcbeecda.jpg?v=1663039566","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/collected-poems-9781803090504","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}