The Review of Contemporary Fiction proudly presents the English language-debut of Austrian master Gert Jonke's absurd, revealing, and groundbreaking autobiographical essay/novella "Individual and Meta
With a delightful combination of the ridiculous and the sublime, Jonkeexplores surreal dimensions of space and sound, always anchoring hisflights of fancy in accessible imagery. More than any other a
One of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation: Gert Jonke’s 1982 novel, Awakening to the Great Sleep War, is an expedition through a world in constant
A composer who has already given up composing—because of his inability to notate the music of the spheres!—the man becomes increasingly fixated on capturing a mysterious, eerie, distant sound, which h
The English-language debut of one of Austria's leading writers, Geometric Regional Novel is an innovative satire on the process by which bureaucracy and official regimentation insidiously pervade soc
