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Concrete (Beton, 1982) is a novel by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. [ 1 ] Like many of Bernhard’s books, Concrete is written in the form of a monologue —essentially a rant lasting for 150 pages with no chapter breaks or even separate paragraphs—by Rudolf, a Viennese amateur musicologist and convalescent.
Concrete Rose was a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller. [2] Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best young adult novels of 2021. [ 2 ] Both the book and audiobook editions are Junior Library Guild selections.
Pietro di Donato (April 3, 1911–January 19, 1992) was an American writer and bricklayer best known for his novel, Christ in Concrete, which recounts the life and times of his bricklayer father, Geremio, who was killed in 1923 in a building collapse.
In May 2015, Chadwick announced he is working on a new Concrete series entitled Stars over Sand. [4] In November 2017, he reported he was still at work on the story, describing it as Concrete being "hit by lightning and rendered amnesiac. He discovers the world anew, and, somewhat paranoid, becomes a danger to his loved ones and others." [5]
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In an episode entitled The Island from the cartoon show CatDog both characters are stuck in a dilemma identical to the protagonist in Concrete Island. In 2011, Barcelona-based production company Filmax announced that it was producing a film adaptation of the novel. Scott Kosar was set to adapt Ballard's story, and Brad Anderson was to direct.
Christ in Concrete is a 1939 novel by Pietro Di Donato about Italian-American construction workers.The book, which made Di Donato famous overnight, was originally published by Esquire Magazine as a short story in 1937, and subsequently expanded into a novel by the 28-year-old Di Donato.
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