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Vintage
October 2006
On Sale: October 17, 2006
208 pages
ISBN: 1400077540
EAN: 9781400077540
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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.
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