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The last work of fiction by one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, *Extinction *is widely considered Thomas Bernhard’s magnum opus.Franz-Josef Murau—the intellectual black sheep of a powerful Austrian land-owning family—lives in Rome in self-imposed exile, surrounded by a coterie of artistic and intellectual friends. On returning from his sister’s wedding on the family estate of Wolfsegg, having resolved never to go home again, Murau receives a telegram informing him of the death of his parents and brother in a car crash. Not only must he now go back, he must do so as the master of Wolfsegg. And he must decide its fate. Written in the seamless, mesmerizing style for which Bernhard was famous, *Extinction* is the ultimate proof of his extraordinary literary genius.Thomas Bernhard is one of the greatest twentieth-century writers in the German language. *Extinction,* his last novel, takes the form of the autobiographical testimony of Franz-Josef Murau. The intellectual black sheep of a powerful Austrian land-owning family, Murau lives in Rome in self-exile. Obsessed and angry with his identity as an Austrian, he resolves never to return to the family estate of Wolfsegg. But

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Author

Bernhard, Thomas

Publisher

Vintage International

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400077618

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (141 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14