Correction
Bernhard, Thomas, 1931-19892003
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Roithamer, a character based upon Wittgenstein, has committed suicide having been driven mad by his own frightening powers of pure thought. In the course of this novel the reader witnesses the gradual breakdown of a genius senselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until he kills himself.
Main title:
Correction / Thomas Bernhard ; translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins.
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Edition:
[New ed.] / with a preface by George Steiner.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2003.
Collation:
249 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. of this translation originally published: London: Vintage, 1991.
ISBN:
9780099442547 (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.914
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
1356931
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