Thomas Bernhard, the most recognized novelist of post-World War II Austria, has been published in translation over the last decade by Knopf and University of Chicago. Born in 1931, he began publishing in 1957 and left behind a vast body of work when he died in 1989-novels, plays, poetry and memoirs-as well as a reputation as a difficult prose stylist and an important social commentator, a "sacred monster" according to one critic. Among his books are Gathering Evidence, Woodcutter, Wittgenstein's Nephew, The Loser and Extinction.

The Voice Impersonator is a quirky book, a collection of 104 very short stories that draw upon Bernhard's experience as a journalist: human experience turned into extreme "human interest" tales wherein characters commit murder and suicide, fall from cliffs and go insane.

Limited Deluxe Edition: Translated by Craig Kinosian as The Voice Impersonator. The text is set in Weiss with typography by Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel. 72 pages, 7 x 4.5 inches. Limited to 100 copies. Bound in cloth with handmade Japanese endpapers and title label.
ISBN 1-884381-06-5. $50 net. Order

Limited Paperback Edition: Translated by Craig Kinosian as The Voice Impersonator. Perfect bound in wrappers.
ISBN 1-884381-07-3.
$12 net. Order

(Please note: The trade should order the new University of Chicago edition below.)

Trade Edition: A new edition of this work, translated by Kenneth J. Northcott as The Voice Imitator, was published by the University of Chicago in 1997. 112 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
Hardback. ISBN 0-226-04401-7. $17.95.
Paperback. ISBN 0-226-04402-5. $10.00. Order