"Abyss, black, and hostile, that make you fröstle." Bernhard, Thomas. Frost. Roman. 357 pp., 1 Bl. OLone with blue RSchild and OSchutzschlag (this somewhat rubbed, with squeeze folds with deposited edge bends) and OBabänder (these with deposited rim bends and cracks). Frankfurt, island, 1963. Wilpert-Gühring2 7. Dittmar2 21. – First edition. "The novel debut of Thomas Bernhards with Frost at the Insel Verlag was a moment of surprise in 1963: Bernhard was previously only known to a small literary public, and above all as a lyricist. The book seemed to come out of nowhere." (p. 339 of the "Commentary" on the new edition of the novel within the works, Volume I, 2003). "I consider the book to be one of the strongest talent samples, one of those most disturbing and haunting prose works that have been presented since Peter Weiss by an author of the younger generation." (Carl Zuckmayer, Die Zeit, 1963). Dust jacket and the rare abdominal bandage.