Concrete (Phoenix Fiction)
by Thomas Bernhard
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Author: Thomas BernhardTranslator: David McLintock
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1986-06-15
ISBN: 0226043983
Number of pages: 156
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Book Review: A brilliant performance by one of Europe's greatest writers
Summary: 5 Stars
Thomas Bernhard is a little-known Austrian writer who, during his life, won every major literary award save the Nobel Prize. Concrete is, in my view, his best work. The tone of this novel, like a Bach concerto, is intertwined and unrelenting. A singular shower of first-person philosophies and opinions from someone quite obviously conflicted. There are no chapters (there aren't any in Bernhard's work) as the text reads like you're inside someone's thought process as they are wrestling with an idea. Some claim Bernhard is a misanthrope and a sexist but this is a very thin reading of him. His wild assertions and outlandish remarks are, in large part, meant to be self-mocking and in that there is great humor. The subtext is as if coming from someone not entirely trustworthy when he speaks which, of course, makes you want to listen. Bernhard is not for everyone. But if you try him and you already are taken with writers like Henry Miller or H.L. Mencken, chances are he will appeal to you on several levels.
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