Sunday, June 28, 2015

Woodcutters

Thomas Bernhard's Woodcutters finds the author in a familiar spot: sniping from the sidelines, this time at an artistic dinner (his italics). In the course of the evening the narrator considers friendship, the arts, suicide, and the wisdom of the aged. His spite and revulsion ultimately devolve to another familiar spot: a kind of love.

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