{"product_id":"old-masters-a-comedy-phoenix-fiction-by-bernhard-thomas","title":"Old Masters: A Comedy (Phoenix Fiction) by Bernhard, Thomas","description":"\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0226043916\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bernhard, Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 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 withart. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating.\"Bernhard's . . . most enjoyable novel.\"-Robert Craft, New York Review of Books.\"Bernhard is one of the masters of contemporary European fiction.\"-George Steiner\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n        ","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49678907048176,"sku":"NEW0226043916","price":23.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/old-masters-a-comedy-phoenix-fiction-by-bernhard-thomas","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}