by Thomas Bernhard
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...
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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