A review by lookhome
Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
4.0
Bernhard's Wittgenstein's Nephew provides a deep dive into friendship, madness and intellect.
Much like in The Loser, Bernhard's writing and 'story' focuses on extremes.
In his oeuvre, he, so far, seems to favour people who either choose to live or, are compelled to live, with highs and lows rather than mediocrity. It seems one should favour pain and agony as oppose to neutrality.
As a whole, the prose and narrative feels like they are being spoken in long winded, excited, repetitive sentences by someone who's had too much coffee after a night of binge drinking.
The writing starts out with a wild flow of words and sentences, an ecstasy of energy that runs in circles around its subjects only to dwindle down as the content itself slows down, a man realizing his friends are getting tired and the best parts of the night have already come and gone.
A memorable reading experience.
Quotations to follow.
Much like in The Loser, Bernhard's writing and 'story' focuses on extremes.
In his oeuvre, he, so far, seems to favour people who either choose to live or, are compelled to live, with highs and lows rather than mediocrity. It seems one should favour pain and agony as oppose to neutrality.
As a whole, the prose and narrative feels like they are being spoken in long winded, excited, repetitive sentences by someone who's had too much coffee after a night of binge drinking.
The writing starts out with a wild flow of words and sentences, an ecstasy of energy that runs in circles around its subjects only to dwindle down as the content itself slows down, a man realizing his friends are getting tired and the best parts of the night have already come and gone.
A memorable reading experience.
Quotations to follow.