For twenty years, Konrad has imprisoned himself and his crippled wife in an abandoned lime works where he's conducted odd auditory experiments and prepared to write his masterwork, The Sense of Hearing. As the story begins, he's just blown the head off his wife with the Mannlicher carbine she kept strapped to her wheelchair. The murder and the bizarre life that led to it are the subject of a mass of hearsay related by an unnamed life-insurance salesman in a narrative as mazy, byzantine, and mysterious as the lime works, Konrad's sanctuary and tomb.
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Hardback Editions
January 1973 : Hardback
| Title: The Lime Works Author(s): Thomas Bernhard Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Availability: Amazon More details... |
1973 : Hardback
| Title: The Lime Works Author(s): Thomas Bernhard ISBN: 0-394-47926-2 / 978-0-394-47926-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf; [distributed by Random House] Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Lime Works: A Novel (Vintage International) Author(s): Thomas Bernhard ISBN: 1-4000-7758-3 / 978-1-4000-7758-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1986 : Paperback
| Title: The Lime Works (Phoenix Fiction) Author(s): Thomas Bernhard ISBN: 0-226-04397-5 / 978-0-226-04397-5 (USA edition) Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
2010 : Unknown
| Title: The Lime Works: A Novel (Vintage International) (Paperback) Author(s): Thomas Bernhard (Author) Availability: Amazon More details... |
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