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Jacques Henric on Jack-Alain Léger, Charles Bukowski, Thomas Bernhard

publication · 2026-04-23

Jacques Henric discusses three authors with disparate identities: Austrian Thomas Bernhard, American Charles Bukowski, and French Jack-Alain Léger. Quarto reissues several of Bernhard's major narratives, including his admirable "Wittgenstein's Nephew." Bibliothèque Grasset republishes Bukowski's complete journals, memoirs, and poems. Rivages publishes a previously unpublished narrative by Léger, "Les Aurochs et les Anges."

Key facts

  • Jacques Henric discusses three authors: Thomas Bernhard, Charles Bukowski, Jack-Alain Léger.
  • Quarto reissues several of Bernhard's major narratives, including 'Wittgenstein's Nephew'.
  • Bibliothèque Grasset republishes Bukowski's complete journals, memoirs, and poems.
  • Rivages publishes a previously unpublished narrative by Léger, 'Les Aurochs et les Anges'.

Entities

Artists

  • Jacques Henric
  • Thomas Bernhard
  • Charles Bukowski
  • Jack-Alain Léger

Institutions

  • Quarto
  • Bibliothèque Grasset
  • Rivages

Sources