| The Loser Contributor(s): Bernhard, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400077540 ISBN-13: 9781400077540 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: A brilliant account of an imagined relationship among three men- including the late piano virtuoso Glenn Gould- who meet in 1953 to study with Vladimir Horowitz. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006287143 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.One of Bernhard's most acclaimed novels, The Loser centers on a fictional relationship between piano virtuoso Glenn Gould and two of his fellow students who feel compelled to renounce their musical ambitions in the face of Gould's incomparable genius. One commits suicide, while the other-- the obsessive, witty, and self-mocking narrator-- has retreated into obscurity. Written as a monologue in one remarkable unbroken paragraph, The Loser is a brilliant meditation on success, failure, genius, and fame. |