Gargoyles (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Bernhard
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: After World War I
- Setting: The Austrian Alps
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, The Doctor, Prince Saurau
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Philosophy or philosophers, Alienation, Doctors, 1920’s, Mental illness, Cancer, Fathers, Death or dying, Sick persons, Austria or Austrians, Alps, Isolation
- Locales: Austria, Alps
The Novel
Gargoyles chronicles a day in the life of an unnamed Austrian country doctor as he travels from patient to patient in the company of his son, an engineering student home for a visit. Although the son, who narrates the day’s events, remains an uninvolved observer, the stories of the people whom he watches his father treat reflect his own family’s alienation from one another. While the day’s journey could perhaps have provided both father and son with some understanding of each other, the book’s ending suggests that nothing will change.
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Thomas Bernhard (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Thomas Bernhard (Long Fiction)Thomas Bernhard (Drama)Thomas Bernhard (Poetry)
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