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      The Loser

      by Thomas Bernhard
      Published
      Sep 1991
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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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      Jul 1993 Vintage ISBN13 9780679741794 ISBN10 0679741798
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      Nov 1996 University of Chicago Press ISBN13 9780226043883 ISBN10 0226043886
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      First Edition Sep 1991 Knopf ISBN13 9780394572390 ISBN10 0394572394
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      Nov 2010 Vintage ISBN10 B0049P1M4A
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