In 1965, Thomas Bernhard bought a house. It was bought roughly between the writing of several novellas, including Watten (1964), and his second novel, Gargoyles (1967). The house is not really house but a collection of farm houses known in German as Vierkanthof; a word that hints at a mockery typical of one of his characters. “Kant” sits in the middle just like the courtyard … Continue reading Memorial Dungeons: In Thomas Bernhard’s House