THOMAS BERNHARD

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY

SOPHIE WILKINS

ALFRED A. KNOPF NEW YORK 1979

For Carol Brown Janeway, heroic editor,

and Patrick O’Brien, M.D., companion

in furor Bernhardiensis,

to whom this translation is indebted for

invaluable attentions and moral support.

S. W.

This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Copyright © 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American

Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, and simultaneously in Canada

by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by

Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in Germany

as Korrektur by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt. Copyright © 1975

by Suhrkamp Verlag.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Bernhard, Thomas.

Correction.

Translation of Korrektur.

l.

Title.

PZ4.B5248Co

1979

[PT2662.E7]

833’.9‘14

78-15184

ISBN: 0-394-41141-2

Manufactured in the United States of America

First American Edition