Concrete
Bernhard, Thomas2019
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Instead of the book he is meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this dark and grotesquely funny account of small woes writ large, of profound horrors detailed and rehearsed to the point of distraction. We learn of Rudolph's sister, whose help he invites then reviles; his 'really marvellous' house which he hates; the suspicious illness he carefully nurses; his ten-year-long attempt to write the perfect opening sentence; and his escape to the island of Majorca, which turns out to be the site of someone else's very real horror story, and ultimately brings him no release from himself.
Main title:
Concrete / Thomas Bernhard ; translated from the German by David McLintock with a new afterword by Michael Hofmann.
Author:
Bernhard, Thomas, authorMcLintock, David, translatorHofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25-, writer of afterword
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2019.©1984
Collation:
169 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
English translation originally published: London : Dent, 1984.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9780571349951 (paperback)
Dewey class:
833.914
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
368189
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Paperbacks | B | Available |