Frost
by Thomas Bernhard | 
The Lime Works
by Thomas Bernhard | 
Concrete
by Thomas Bernhard | 
The Confusions of Young Torless
by Robert Musil | 
Extinction
by Thomas Bernhard | 
The Loser
by Thomas Bernhard | 
The Emperor's Tomb
by Joseph Roth | 
Gargoyles
by Thomas Bernhard |
The Left-Handed Woman
by Peter Handke | 
Yes
by Thomas Bernhard | 
The Man Without Qualities
by Robert Musil | 
The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth | 
The Piano Teacher
by Elfriede Jelinek | 
Hotel Savoy
by Joseph Roth |
The Dog King
by Christoph Ransmayr | 
Beware of Pity
by Stefan Zweig |
Wittgenstein's Nephew
by Thomas Bernhard | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo |
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Roithamer, a character based on Wittgenstein, has committed suicide having been driven to madness by his own frightening powers of pure thought. We witness the gradual breakdown of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion is the negation of his own soul.