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sort of an artistic spelunker who voyages to the deepest parts
of an art? I think that's the sense of
Bob,
Well, it is really not exactly that...
I don't know the english title which has been
published but the translation for "Der Untergeher" means "Someone who goes
down". But what the author, Thomas Bernhard really means, is "The Loser". The
sense of the word and the title "Der Untergeher" is referred to a brilliant
pianist that meets Gould in Salzburg. He felt he was the best piano performer of
his historical moment till he enters in a room where Gould is playing the
Goldberg's Variation. From this day he becomes a "Loser" because he realizes
that Glenn Gould has something of divine and playing the piano makes no more
sense at all. I recommend to you to buy and to read this novel. Even if fiction
and reality are mixed in a particular Bernhard's way, you will recognise in the
book a lot of emotions and feelings that every Gould admirer has even
felt.
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