first american edition, review copy, 1979.
translated from the original german by sophie wilkins.
new york: alfred knopf. isbn: 0394411412. 6 x 8.75 inches. 271 pages. hardcover. bound in back quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: undetectable traces of shelf-wear. unclipped ($10.00). near fine+. a......
1987. out of print.
translated from the german by david mclintock.
chicago: the university of chicago press. isbn: 0-226-04396-7. 5.5 x 8 inches. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.
first american edition, 1970.
“gargoyles,” more accurately translated as distress or disturbance, is a surrealist examination of the grotesque nature of humanity. thomas bernhard presents two main characters—a doctor and his son—who navigate a series of bizarre encounters, culminating in a one-hundred-page obsessive monologue by an insomniac prince.....
first united states edition, 1973. scarce.
surrealist novel "where the creativity and resourcefulness of a destructive personality is marshalled against itself in a nightmarish narration."
konrad has imprisioned himself and his wife in an abandoned lime works for five years while he's conducted strange experiments and prepared.....