Concrete

by Thomas Bernhard

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226043983
• ISBN13: 9780226043982
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"