One morning, the pupil decides to withdraw from his life. In the cellar, on the fringes of the detested town, in the ghetto of the have-nots and criminals, Thomas Bernhard finds himself an apprenticeship in a grocery store. There he gets to know those who have been cast aside by society, and he gets to understand himself.
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Die sorgfältig gestalteten und ausgestatteten Neuausgaben sind fest gebunden
128 pages
format:125 x 205
ISBN: 9783701715596
Release date: 27.09.2010
Severe pulmonary disease tore Thomas Bernhard away from his daily life before he was even eighteen. His body forced him into the isolation of hospital wards, into the company of the barely alive. His final stop was the bathroom from which only the dead returned. There he suddenly knew that he mustn’t stop breathing, that he wanted to live.
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128 pages
format:125 x 205
ISBN: 9783701715602
Release date: 27.09.2010
His admission into the lung sanatorium Grafenhof heralded the start of a new chapter in the young Thomas Bernhard’s tale of suffering. In the isolation of the sanatorium he was at the mercy of the doctors, the nursing staff, his fellow patients and above all, himself and his will. In this hopelessness he practised revolt.
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128 pages
format:125 x 205
ISBN: 9783701715619
Release date: 27.09.2010
