{"product_id":"the-loser-paperback","title":"The Loser - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Loser\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Loser \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant meditation on success, failure, genius, and fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant account of an imagined relationship among three men- including the late piano virtuoso Glenn Gould- who meet in 1953 to study with Vladimir Horowitz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370353590495,"sku":"9781400077540","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nwZjTFjNNG9781400077540.webp?v=1789157476","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-loser-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}