by Thomas Bernhard · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420406909
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“The Loser” is a novel by Austrian author Thomas Bernhard, published in 1983. The plot follows an anonymous narrator who reflects on the life and suicide of his friend, a talented pianist obsessed with the virtuoso Glenn Gould. Through a dense and repetitive narrative style, Bernhard explores themes such as genius, envy, frustration, and the pursuit of perfection in art. Set in Austria, the novel offers a critical look at society and culture, questioning the values of success and excellence.
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial literature that was pessimistic about the human condition and highly critical of post-war Austrian and European culture. He developed a distinctive prose style often featuring multiple perspectives on characters and events, idiosyncratic vocabulary and punctuation, and long monologues by protagonists on the verge of insanity.
