{"product_id":"goethe-dies-by-thomas-bernhard-9780857427052","title":"Goethe Dies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of four stories is, as long-time fans of Thomas Bernhard would expect, bleakly comic and inspiringly rancorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe subjects of the stories vary: in one, Goethe summons Wittgenstein to discuss the \u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus\u003c\/i\u003e; 'Montaigne: A Story in Twenty-Two Instalments' tells of a young man sealing himself in a tower to read; 'Reunion', meanwhile, satirises that very impulse to escape. The final story rounds out the collection by making Bernhard himself a victim, persecuted by his greatest enemy, his very homeland of Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnderpinning all these variously comic, tragic, and bitingly satirical excursions is Bernhard's abiding interest in, and deep knowledge of, the philosophy of doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711646126316,"sku":"9780857427052","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7196053482493.jpg?v=1754238306","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/goethe-dies-by-thomas-bernhard-9780857427052","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}