The loser cover

The loser

by Thomas Bernhard

"...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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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?