An edition of Untergeher (1991)

The Loser

A Novel

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An edition of Untergeher (1991)

The Loser

A Novel

  • 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 15 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Vintage
Language
English
Pages
208

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Loser
The Loser: A Novel
October 17, 2006, Vintage
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Loser
The Loser: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction Series)
November 15, 1996, University Of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: The loser
The loser
1996, University of Chicago Press
in English - University of Chicago Press ed.
Cover of: The loser
The loser
1993, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
Cover of: The loser
The loser
1991, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English - 1st American ed.

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PT2662.E7U5513 2006, PT2662.E7 U5513 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
208
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8364089M
ISBN 10
1400077540
ISBN 13
9781400077540
LCCN
2006287143
OCLC/WorldCat
77048480, 985687728
LibraryThing
115018
Goodreads
92570

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2399772W

Work Description

"...Account of an imagined relationship among three men--including the late piano virtuoso Glenn Gould, who meet in 1953 to study with Vladimir Horowitz. In the face of Gould's incomparable genius, his two fellow students renounce their musical ambition, but in very different ways."--P. [4] of Cover.

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