KnowraThomas BernhardLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Thomas Bernhard, each with the reason it gives.All 5Related 5Austrian literatureRelated: His relentless accusations became a distinctive form of postwar cultural criticism.Elfriede JelinekRelated: His confrontational critique of Austrian self-image offers a close literary parallel.László KrasznahorkaiRelated: Bernhard’s relentless prose offers a close European comparison for Krasznahorkai’s extended sentences.W. G. SebaldRelated: Bernhard offers a sharply different postwar German-language voice against which Sebald’s restraint can be read.Ilse AichingerRelated: His later writing offers a distinct but related reckoning with Austria’s postwar silences.