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Concrete (Phoenix Fiction) (Paperback)

by Bernhard (Author)

4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Paperback: 156 pages
Publisher: Chicago University Press; Reprint edition (1 Jun 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0226043983
ISBN-13: 978-0226043982
Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.3 x 1.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,303,107 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The winner of Germany's three most prestigious literary awards focuses on a dissatisfied Viennese music critic whose angry meditations call for judgment his family, his society, his former lover, and himself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing, 16 Jun 2003

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Concrete is, structurally, a reworking of Notes From Undergroud, but for the post-Holocaust world. The narrator is clearly autobiographical, and is an intensely introspective and introverted hypochondriac. Or is he? He suffers 'sickness', as does Dostoyevsky's man from underground. Most of the novel is dictated from inside his head, and during these parts I experienced the most intense and affecting prose of all time: this was extremely emotional and confessional stuff, but also intensely metaphysical and perspicacious. I recommend this as a foray into Bernhard: read this first, it does not get any better; having said that, it does not get any easier . . !

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4.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of dark humor and dark psychology., 26 Jun 1998

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The main character has the worst case of writer's block you will probably ever read about -- the book is a great gift for friends who are working on their dissertations or any large project: it offers, as it were, an example of what NOT to do (of course your friend has to have a sense of humor)!

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