Prolific Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard would have been 70 this year. The author's works include Frost, The Lime
Works, Cutting Timber, The Voice Imitator, and Extinction, as well as a powerful autobiography, Gathering Evidence. His unhappy family life, ill-health and disturbed wartime upbringing in Salzburg resulted in a dark, often painfully intense vision that upset many readers in his lifetime. With the help of some of Thomas Bernhard 's many friends, collaborators and critics, Peter Kislinger examines the enduring legacy of Bernhard's novels, plays and poetry.