{"product_id":"correction-9781400077601","title":"Correction","description":"The scientist Roithamer has dedicated the last six years of his life to \"the Cone,\" an edifice of mathematically exact construction that he has erected in the center of his family's estate in honor of his beloved sister. Not long after its completion, he takes his own life. As an unnamed friend pieces together--literally, from thousands of slips of papers and one troubling manuscript--the puzzle of Rotheimer's breakdown, what emerges is the story of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion is the negation of his own soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered by many critics to be Thomas Bernhard's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eCorrection\u003c\/i\u003e is a cunningly crafted and unforgettable meditation on the tension between the desire for perfection and the knowledge that it is unattainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400077601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.26w x 0.68d","brand":"Thomas Bernhard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649416229020,"sku":"9781400077601","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_08ae0b40-4519-40b4-bd83-eaf8a93bfe4d.jpg?v=1603872699","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/correction-9781400077601","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}