Re: Book recommendation

[Jim Morrison <jim_morrison@sprynet.com>]

Hi list

I have read the loser and it has almost nothing to do with Gould.
The name Glenn Gould could have stood for any pianist.
It's simply a place holder for "famous pianist"

I've read another novel by Bernhard as well, Concrete,
and it too is only one paragraph.    Interesting, angst filled works
which are actually easy to read once you break through the
barrier of being put off by no paragraphs.

>From what I can tell, Bernard is a consistent name-dropper
that rarely goes into detail about the people me mentions and the ideas
behind the names, which is okay in the context of his work,
which deals with how obsessions affect the mind of one
particular person, that is, he writes about how a person
struggles with obsession, not with the objects of their obsessions.

Bernhard, by the way, if often funny in a black sort of way.


Jim