Concrete - Brossura

Bernhard, Thomas; Berhard, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0226043983 ISBN 13: 9780226043982

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1986

Riassunto

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

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Book by Bernhard Thomas

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0226043983
• ISBN 13: 9780226043982
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160