ConcreteQuartet, 1989 - 154 Seiten Instead of the book he's 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 as malevolent meddling; his 'really marvelous' house, which he hates; the suspicious illness he carefully nurses; his ten-year-long attempt to write the perfect opening sentence; and, finally, his escape to the island of Majorca, which turns out to be the site of someone else's very real horror story. A brilliant and haunting tale of procrastination, failure, and despair, "Concrete" is a perfect example of why Thomas Bernhard is remembered as "one of the masters of contemporary European fiction" (George Steiner). |
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... Mendelssohn Bartholdy . At that time she'd never heard of Mendelssohn Bartholdy . It now drove her mad to hear me mention the name at every end and turn . She couldn't bear to hear it any longer , at least from me . She forbade me ever ...
... Mendelssohn Bartholdy . At that time she'd never heard of Mendelssohn Bartholdy . It now drove her mad to hear me mention the name at every end and turn . She couldn't bear to hear it any longer , at least from me . She forbade me ever ...
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... Mendelssohn Bartholdy . For years the name Mendelssohn Bartholdy has carried an emotive charge for both of us , bringing us into collision and sparking off all our dreadful , un- healthy and hence agonizing conflicts . You only love ...
... Mendelssohn Bartholdy . For years the name Mendelssohn Bartholdy has carried an emotive charge for both of us , bringing us into collision and sparking off all our dreadful , un- healthy and hence agonizing conflicts . You only love ...
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... Mendelssohn Bartholdy on these hun- dreds and thousands of bits of paper that are piled up on my desk ? Perhaps I've done too much work on Mendelssohn Bartholdy , my favourite composer ? I'd often wondered whether I hadn't overdone my ...
... Mendelssohn Bartholdy on these hun- dreds and thousands of bits of paper that are piled up on my desk ? Perhaps I've done too much work on Mendelssohn Bartholdy , my favourite composer ? I'd often wondered whether I hadn't overdone my ...
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