Friday, May 05, 2017

A Translation of "Eine gähnende Leere" (Thomas Bernhard Silently Interviewed by Kurt Hofmann)

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A Gaping Void Right now I really can’t explain to you my life or what I am.  You know, I really just can’t do that.  You need three t...
Friday, April 21, 2017

A Translation of "Der Magus des Nordens oder der Idiot des Südens" (Thomas Bernhard Silently Interviewed by Kurt Hofmann)

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The Sage of the North or the Idiot of the South If you go around acting like a nice person, you’re finished.  Because you’re written of...
Friday, April 07, 2017

A Translation of "Wie sich das Angenehme mit dem Unangenehmen verbündet" (Thomas Bernhard Silently Interviewed by Kurt Hofmann)

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How Unpleasant Things Are Bound Up with Pleasant Ones Two people can find two completely different things pleasant.  And when two people ...
Friday, March 24, 2017

A Translation of "Straßenbahn ist Kleinod" a Letter to a Newspaper by Thomas Bernhard

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Streetcar Line Is Local Treasure Each time I return from abroad, I reflect that I am coming home to one of the most beautiful pa...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

A Translation of "Ratten, Mäuse und Tagelöhner" (Thomas Bernhard Silently Interviewed by Kurt Hofmann)

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Rats, Mice, and Day Laborers If I weren’t living here, the house wouldn’t be here anymore.  It was a ruin.  Because everybody spurned ...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

A Translation of "Papiermaschinen sind grausam" (Thomas Bernhard Silently Interviewed by Kurt Hofmann)

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Paper Machines Are Ghastly I read newspapers every day; I miss them if I don’t.  But I don’t read them; I just browse them.  I don’t ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Kripkean Metaphysics and Personal Eschatology

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“I am myself alone.”                                 Shakespeare, III Hen. VI , V.vi Last ev'ning, and last ev'ning, a...
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