Bernhard, Thomas

The Loser

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ISBN 13:
9780571349975
author:
Bernhard, Thomas
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Faber & Faber
language:
English
Publication Year:
2019
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.1 centimetres (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, General, ,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£10.70

Description

Thomas Bernhard's novel is a meditation on failure, genius, and fame, told in a single remarkable unbroken paragraph. The story revolves around three aspiring concert pianists who are forced to abandon their musical ambitions after one of them overhears a remarkable performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

The novel explores the devastating impact of this encounter, leading to a tortured process of disintegration for one of the pianists, and a retreat into obscurity for the narrator, who becomes obsessed with writing a book that he periodically destroys and restarts.

This dazzling and inimitable work is a radical new reading experience, combining elements of music, psychology, and philosophy to create a paralysing and raging meditation on the human condition.

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