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Zur Erinnerung an Thomas Bernhard: eine ganz besondere Ausgabe, gestaltet von Erwin Wurm. Eines der schönsten Bücher Österreichs 2019.

In memory of his idol Thomas Bernhard, the internationally renowned artist Erwin Wurm has created a unique special edition. In dedication to the author, Wurm has produced a series of new drawings – affectionate, wry and very personal. "The Cause" and its consequences: in five stories between fact and fiction Thomas Bernhard laid bare how he became the author he was – from his childhood and boarding school days in Salzburg, his apprenticeship and studies, through to his isolation in a lung sanatorium at the age of eighteen. Those who want to understand Thomas Bernhard's world will find the key to it here.

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Einmalige Ausgabe mit Aquarellen von Erwin Wurm
496 pages
format:165 x 240
ISBN: 9783701717149
Release date: 08.01.2019

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Authors
Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard was born on the 9th of February, 1931 in Heerlen, Netherlands, and dies on 12th of February 1989 in Gmunden, Upper Austria.1952-1957 he studied Music and Acting at the Akademie Mozarteum Salzburg, since 1957 he lived as a freelance author. He has received some of the most prestigious literature prizes and awards, among them the Österreichischer Staatspreis 1967 and the Georg-Büchner-Preis 1970, and is considered as one of the most important german language authors of his century.

Erwin Wurm (Illustrated by)

born in 1954, Wurm lives in Vienna and Limberg. He has had numerous shared and solo exhibitions, most recently "Peace & Plenty" (Albertina Wien/Kunstmuseum Luzern 2018), "Performative Skulpturen" (21er Haus 2017), "Bei Mutti" (Museum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin, 2016) and design of the Austrian Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2017. At Residenz Verlag: Watercolours for Thomas Bernhard's autobiographical work (2019).

Press

Ein subtil brillant gestaltetes Lesebuch.
[Quelle: Die 15 schönsten Bücher Österreichs 2019]

Der gefeierte österreichische Künstler Erwin Wurm hat den Prachtband illustriert. Die Ausgabe ist ein gelungener Auftakt in das Thomas Bernhard Jahr 2019.
[Quelle: Florian Baranyi, ORF ZiB]

Die Zeichnungen von Wurm sind überraschend!
[Quelle: Peter Pisa, KURIER]

Diese Illustrationen werfen auch auf Wurm einen neuen künstlerischen Fokus.
[Quelle: Benedikt Fuchs, ORF Online]

(…) eine wunderschöne Ausgabe von Bernhards autobiografischen Romanen mit Aquarellen von Erwin Wurm.
[Quelle: NVB]

Die Buchwelt kann nicht genug Thomas Bernhard bekommen, das ist schon eindeutig so. Insofern: Chapeau liebe Residenzler, das tut ihr recht, uns lesehungrige mit weiteren Büchern des Meisters zu füttern, auch wenn es naturgemäß nichts wirklich Neues mehr sein kann, denn er ist ja schon eine Weile tot.
[Quelle: Frank Willmann, KULTUREXPRESSO.DE]

(…) das Warmherzigste, das der als zynisch verschriene Bernhard zu Papier gebracht hat. Die Illustratinoen des Künstlers Erwin Wurm, Porträts mit Aquarell sind hübsche Beigabe. (…) wuchtige, zarte, aufregende Autobiografie (…). Knapp 500 Seiten, ein Schatz.
[Quelle: pia, OÖ VOLKSBLATT]

Kein Geringerer als der österreichische Weltkünstler Erwin Wurm hat dafür ausdrucksstarke Porträts gemalt. Die pastellfarbenen Aquarelle verschaffen tiefe Einblicke in die Gedankenwelt des Schriftstellers. Die Abbildungen stimmen atmosphärisch dicht auf das jeweilige Werk ein und verdeutlichen zugleich exemplarisch die Lebensphasen des Schriftstellers. (…) Der Band ist – naturgemäß – lesenswert.
[Quelle: Susanne Zobl, NEWS]

(…) eine neue wie einzigartige Ausgabe. (…) Im Falle der Neuerscheinung Autobiographische Schriften hält man nun ein ganz besonderes Werk in den Händen. (…) Kein Geringerer als Superstar Erwin Wurm gestaltete zum Gedenken an den von ihm verehrten Thomas Bernhard den epochalen Sammelband. (…) Wer die Welt des Thomas Bernhard verstehen will, findet hier den Schlüssel. Wer dies bereits tut, sollte die Gelegenheit dennoch nutzen, um seine Bernhard-Sammlung um ein wundervolles Buch zu erweitern.
[Quelle: 80 KULTURZEITUNG]

Eine Ausgabe wie ein Kunstwerk.
[Quelle: Peter Grubmüller, ÖÖN]

Das Bild des 1989 verstorbenen Autors vervollständigen zarte Aquarelle von Erwin Wurm, der wie Bernhard zu den bedeutendsten Künstlern Österreichs zählt.
[Quelle: ASK, CRESCENDO]

Wurm zeichnet den harten, an die Grenzen des Ertragbaren gehenden Reifeprozess fast zärtlich, manchmal ironisch, aber immer mit großer Sensibilität.
[Quelle: BERLINER ZEITUNG]

Für dieses Buch steuert Wurm Aquarelle bei, die seinen Landsmann-Kopf betont zeigen in körperlicher Beiläufigkeit – fast so, wie Tragödie und Komödie zueinander stehen.
[Quelle: Janina Fleischer, DRESDNER NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN]

Das faszinierende Gewächs zum Jubeltag ist allerdings die Edition der fünf autobiografischen Romane mit den zärtlichen und grausamen Aquarellen von Erwin Wurm.
[Quelle: Heinz Sichrovsky, ORF ERLESEN]

Die jeweilige Stimmung der autobiografischen Schriften wird von Wurms Motiven auf den Punkt gebracht. Eine gelungene Kombination von Künstler trifft Künstler.
[Quelle: Michael Lausberg, SCHARF LINKS]

Die zusammengefassten Autobiographischen Schriften geben genug Gelegenheit sich mit Bernhards schwieriger Kindheit und Jugend zu befassen, sollte man meinen. Und greift dann, leidens- wie lesesüchtig, doch auch nach dem dicken neuen Broschurband, für den der Künstler Erwin Wurm zauberhafte Bernhard-Porträts schuf.
[Quelle: Wolf Ebersberger, NÜRNBERGER NACHRICHTEN]

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A Decision

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A Withdrawal

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