{"product_id":"9781840029956","title":"Heldenplatz","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOberon Modern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHeldenplatz\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Bernhard | Meredith Oakes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heldenplatz’ is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 August 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOberon Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781840029956\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e132\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976003313804,"sku":"9781840029956","price":17.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_692570b3-ba80-4c19-824d-e90a81579ef6.jpg?v=1787714624","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781840029956","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}