{"product_id":"old-masters-a-comedy-phoenix-fiction-0226043916-used","title":"Old Masters: A Comedy (Phoenix Fiction)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0226043916\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bernhard, Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67634678563104,"sku":"USED0226043916","price":19.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61rZmR3zCdL_3b17839e-15ae-4f6c-b3f7-d05d77fbcb6c.jpg?v=1791108716","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/old-masters-a-comedy-phoenix-fiction-0226043916-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}