Old Masters
In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to meet him in a Viennese museum. While Reger gazes at a Tintoretto portrait, Atzbacher — who fears Reger's plans to kill himself — gives us a portrait of the musicologist: his wisdom, his devotion to his wife, and his love-hate relationship with art. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating.
Author: Bernhard Thomas
Year of publication: 1992
Translator: Osers Ewald
Number of pages: 209
Reading time: 3 h. 29 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
