{"product_id":"heldenplatz","title":"Heldenplatz","description":"\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Heldenplatz' is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833465811149,"sku":"9781840029956","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_4ff91bf9-726e-4c56-a64d-3391b8866f3f.jpg?v=1790873955","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/heldenplatz","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}