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Beton (Suhrkamp, 1982; English: Knopf, 1984) follows Rudolf, a musicologist who has spent ten years unable to begin his study of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The novella’s single extended paragraph enacts the very paralysis it describes — thoughts circle, digress, return, and never reach their destination. At 155 pages, it is one of Bernhard’s most concentrated achievements.

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• Signed English first: $75–$200
• Unsigned English first: $15–$25

The ultimate procrastination novel — a book about the impossibility of writing a book, written with the fluency of a writer for whom writing was effortless.