The voice imitator
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Author
Contributions
- Northcott, Kenneth J. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
26,000 words, Guess
Page Count
104 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL668612M
- ISBN-100226044017
- OCLC Control Number36755896
- OCLC Control Numbervoiceimitator0000bern
- Library of Congress Control Number97014412
and 2 more
- LibraryThing13083
- Goodreads2052937
Classifications
- DDC833/.914
- LCCPT2662.E7 S713 1997
Description
In The Voice Imitator, translated by Kenneth Northcott, Bernhard gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of parable-like anecdotes - some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some from hearsay - this satire is both subtle and acerbic. What initially appear to be quaint little stories indict the sterility and callousness of modern life, not just in urban centers but everywhere. Bernhard presents an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster. Politicians, professionals, tourists, civil servants - the usual victims of Bernhard's inspired misanthropy - succumb one after another to madness, mishap, or suicide.
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