Name: Episode No. 3 - The Loser by Thomas Bernhard by Feeling Bookish Podcast
Duration: 50 min 32 s
Description: This week we look at a classic novel from the Austrian master Thomas Bernhard. "The Loser" chronicles the fate of two young piano prodigies who befriend and study with a fictional piano genius named Glenn Gould. Bernard spares no one in a book that is both hilariously funny and deadly serious. "The Loser" is a deep dive into the mind of an obsessive.

Roman talks with José Vergara about Joyce's influence on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian literature. We talk literary heritage, the dangers of translating Ulysses under Stalin, the birth of Social Realism (and its ugly stepsister, Capitalist Primitivism), the schizophrenic nature of the late Soviet period, émigré writing, and Joyce's continued influence on contemporary Russian writers. A fascinating talk that sheds much light on both Joyce and Russian lit.
Writers discussed include: Yury Olesha, Vladimir Nabokov, Andrei Bitov, Sasha Sokolov, and Mikhail Shishkin (cameos of sorts by Victor Pelevin and William Gaddis).  
José's book, "All future plunges to the past : James Joyce in Russian literature," was published by Cornell University Press in 2021. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501759901/all-future-plunges-to-the-past/

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This week we look at a classic novel from the Austrian master Thomas Bernhard. "The Loser" chronicles the fate of two young piano prodigies who befriend and study with a fictional piano genius named Glenn Gould. Bernard spares no one in a book that is both hilariously funny and deadly serious. "The Loser" is a deep dive into the mind of an obsessive.

Episode No. 3 - The Loser by Thomas Bernhard

Feeling Bookish Podcast focuses on maximalist, innovative novels and literature in translation. Periodic interviews with critics, writers and translators. Hosted by Roman Tsivkin and Robert Fay. Produced by Heston Hoffman. Email: robertfay23 at gmail

Episode No. 3 - The Loser by Thomas Bernhard

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