The Assignment

Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Assignment contains 24 chapters -- and 24 sentences. At 129 pages, that amounts to about five pages per sentence. It is a credit to Durrenmatt that this technique rarely feels forced or awkward. The story itself is a metaphysical exercise on the meaning of observation, existence, God, identity, and much more -- in short, a mind-bending or possibly mind-blowing journey.