{"product_id":"wittgensteins-nephew-a-friendship-thomas-bernhard-quartet-books-first-uk-edition-1986","title":"Wittgenstein's Nephew: A Friendship – Thomas Bernhard (Quartet Books, First UK Edition 1986)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Quartet Books first UK edition (1986) is of interest to collectors of Thomas Bernhard first editions, European literary fiction in translation, and scarce 1980s literary hardcovers in original dust jackets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout: \u003c\/strong\u003eA near fine first UK edition in a near fine dust jacket. Boards clean and tight; dust jacket bright and striking with the distinctive Wagner manuscript score design and blue abstract panel, a small scuff to the head of the spine panel, otherwise excellent throughout. Text block clean and fresh. An outstanding copy of one of Bernhard's most celebrated and widely read works, in the scarce original Quartet Books hardcover, a title far more commonly encountered in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Wittgenstein's Nephew: A Friendship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Thomas Bernhard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslator: Ewald Osers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Quartet Books, London \/ New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: 1986 (first UK edition; originally published in German as \u003cem\u003eWittgensteins Neffe\u003c\/em\u003e, Suhrkamp, 1982)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: First UK Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Near Fine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDust Jacket Condition: Near Fine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e First UK edition of Bernhard's celebrated memoir-novel, in the original Quartet Books dust jacket with its striking Wagner manuscript score design. A near fine copy of a genuinely scarce hardcover with a George Steiner blurb to the rear panel: one of the defining works of late 20th century European literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview: \u003c\/strong\u003eThomas Bernhard's \u003cem\u003eWittgenstein's Nephew\u003c\/em\u003e (1982) is a short, devastating memoir-novel about the friendship between Bernhard himself and Paul Wittgenstein, nephew of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, two men who share a passion for music, a contempt for Austrian cultural life, and a recurring proximity to madness and death. Written with Bernhard's characteristic torrential prose and savage wit, it is at once an elegy for a lost friend and a ferocious meditation on illness, art, and survival. George Steiner called it a work of ‘inspired pages’ in which ‘Bernhard communicates Paul Wittgenstein's elusive charm, the scrupulous elegance of his manners even in destitution.’ Translated into English by Ewald Osers, this Quartet Books first UK edition of 1986 is the scarce hardcover first - the title is far better known in its subsequent paperback editions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quartet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54115361685844,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/5972\/1556\/files\/wittgensteins-nephew-thomas-bernhard-1600x1600-0377.jpg?v=1775405801","url":"https:\/\/www.alexanderdavidfinebooks.co.uk\/products\/wittgensteins-nephew-a-friendship-thomas-bernhard-quartet-books-first-uk-edition-1986","provider":"Alexander David Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}