I am the son of Thomas Bernhard

In 1982, the exceptional Austrian author Thomas Bernhard finished work on his novel 'Auslöschung' in the Croatian coastal town of Lovran. I was 14 years old at the time and my mother had decided two years earlier to stop cleaning and washing for me so that she could use the time she had gained to extend her reading time. One of the authors she was reading at the time was Thomas Bernhard. Today, I can iron, mop and vacuum perfectly well. I can also write. My mother must have done everything right. As Thomas Bernhard was one of the triggers for this development, I visited Lovran for several days to walk in the Austrian's footsteps and think about him.