num_pages: 335
description: 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 self-exile in Rome. Obsessed and angry with his identity as an Austrian, he resolves never to return to the family estate of Wolfsegg. But when news comes of his parents' deaths, he finds himself master of Wolfsegg and must decide its fate.Written in Bernhard's seamless style, Extinction is the ultimate proof of his extraordinary literary genius.
language: English
title: Extinction
titlecomplete: Extinction
genres: Classics, Roman, Collections, Humor, Novels, German Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 2724
places: Rome, Austria
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: David McLintock
publisher: Quartet