How unbearable must it be for a child to be repeatedly accused by their own mother of having destroyed her life. This is exactly what happened to Thomas Bernhard, who spent his first thirteen years far from any idyll. War and National Socialism prevailed. It was a time when children born out of wedlock, like Bernhard, were considered a disgrace. "A Child" offers a ruthless yet humorous insight into the earliest self of the significant Austrian writer. Gert Voss reads the narrative with absolute dedication.