The Loser
ISBN:
9780704370128 (0704370123)
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Quartet
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
German Literature,
Music,
Germany
A rather difficult book--at least for me. The content is not bad, but it's not something you can easily digest when you're busy working on your master thesis. This book is not a light reading. And when you get home after spending a full day on campus, this is not the kind of book you want to read in...
A través del suicidio de un amigo común, y de un denso diálogo consigo mismo, Bernhard contrapone la vida de este amigo, el Malogrado, para así retratar la personalidad arrolladora de Glenn Gloud. Lo cual es la excusa para la crítica y la reflexión sobre aquellos que viven a la sombra de los genios,...
Story about a born piano virtuoso (imagined Glenn Gould), and two "failed" pianists, who became something else in life due to that...After reading "Woodcutters" recently I decided to tackle "The Loser" (Der Untergeher) in English (translated by Jack Dawson, with a wonderful afterword by Mark M. Ande...
This book is simply a masterpiece. Whether or not Bernhard is a one-trick pony, as someone suggested -- THIS little pony is beyond belief. The Afterword, by Mark Anderson, is also a must read.Apparently, Werthheimer is modeled to some real extent on Wittgenstein (the uncle, not the nephew...).Magnif...
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