Concrete (Paperback)

Instead of the book he's meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this tale of procrastination, failure, and despair, a dark and grotesquely funny story of small woes writ large and profound horrors detailed and rehearsed to the point of distraction.
"Certain books--few--assert literary importance instantly, profoundly. This new novel by the internationally praised but not widely known Austrian writer is one of those--a book of mysterious dark beauty . . . . [It] is overwhelming; one wants to read it again, immediately, to re-experience its intricate innovations, not to let go of this masterful work."--John Rechy, "Los Angeles Times"
"Rudolph is not obstructed by some malfunctions in part of his being--his being itself is a knot. And as Bernhard's narrative proceeds, we begin to register the dimensions of his crisis, its self-consuming circularity . . . . Where rage of this intensity is directed outward, we often find the sociopath; where inward, the suicide. Where it breaks out laterally, onto the page, we sometimes find a most unsettling artistic vision."--Sven Birkerts, "The New Republic"

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage International
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	August 2010
Authors:	Thomas Bernhard
Dimensions:	204 x 132 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	155
ISBN-13:	978-1-4000-7757-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-4000-7757-5
Barcode:	9781400077571

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