Wilson Pereira wrote:

>Is anyone on the list familiar with Thomas Bernhard's book Der
>Untergeher (The Castaway)? Summary of the plot: In 1953, when is still a
>Horowitz's student at the Salzburg's Mozarteum, Glenn Gould, the greatest
>pianist of this century, performs, for the first time, his revolutionary
>interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations for two classmates.  ...

I am not, but there is another book in which Glenn Gould's Goldberg
Variations also figures prominently:  Gold Bug Variations, by Richard
Powers.  It's an extended "love triangle" between a youthful U of Illinois
math student, a female research librarian and the math professor they both
love (platonically).  It's quite complicated and erudite, written by one
of the young American moderns, and is definitely worth reading.  The Bach
serves as an imaginary score that underlies much of the book, and the book
not only enhances our appreciation of the Bach, but the Bach does the same
for the book!

Dave Wolf
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