{"product_id":"heldenplatz-paperback","title":"Heldenplatz - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Bernhard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMeredith Oakes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Bernhard is widely considered to be one of the most important German playwrights in the post-war era. Highly acclaimed, he has written over twenty plays and novels and gained a reputation as one of Austria's most controversial authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernhard wrote \u003ci\u003eHeldenplatz \u003c\/i\u003ein 1988 as a response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria by Hitler's Germany. Highly controversial in Austria, the play concerns a Jewish professor who returns to Vienna after the Second World War and discovers that his fellow Austrians are as anti-semitic as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Heldenplatz' is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHeldenplatz\u003c\/i\u003e, Bernhard's final play, he explores the shared isolation of people who have lost their bearings, along with most of their illusions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeredith Oakes, an Australian playwright who has lived in London since 1970. She has written plays, adaptations, translations, opera texts and poems. She taught play-writing at Royal Holloway College and for the Arvon Foundation, and wrote music criticism for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e in London and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e in Sydney, and is a regular contributor to magazines including \u003ci\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219897401593,"sku":"9781840029956","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TmlFMspItV9781840029956.webp?v=1768170496","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/heldenplatz-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}