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"The modern Anglophone novel is arguably even more plagued by Bernhardism, perhaps because Thomas Bernhard’s ranting seems so naturally attuned to a world of polarised politics, conspiracy theories and social isolation, in which atomised individuals can yell into the cloud on whatever platform best reflects (or clashes with) their ideological preferences."

Written as a single sentence, Adam Ouston’s Mine is a novel under the influence
"The majority of the novel is dedicated to an inventive retelling of the creation of the Mount Lyell mine and the horrific mistreatment of the natural world and the workers at the behest of industry and government. Mine explicitly connects this historical event with ongoing Tasmanian corruption and cronyism. It suggests that the state’s institutions are run by the second-rate failsons and faildaughters of a squattocracy, inept at doing anything other than maintaining their own wealth and standing." >>
https://theconversation.com/written-as-a-single-sentence-adam-oustons-mine-is-a-novel-under-the-influence-281227
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