Thomas Bernhard is one of the indispensable writers of the 20th century. That he is little known in America is cause for sadness at what has been missed. Yet we must steel ourselves against going down the usual path of castigating the reading habits of the public, which, perhaps instinctively, knows that reading a book by Bernhard is a painful and frightening experience. He provides an overwhelming sense of intellectual and emotional exhilaration unmatched by any contemporary American author.

Thomas McGonigle: »Dead Man Walking«, in: Los Angeles Times, 25. Jänner 1998.