Glenn Gould in Six Parts

Glenn Gould favored solitude because he felt that purity was contaminated by the world, by the competition and judgments of the world, and his goal was to preserve that purity.

Glenn Gould struggled throughout his life with physical and psychological problems that threatened to overwhelm him. Eccentric, enigmatic, paranoid, hypochondriac, reclusive, genius—Glenn Gould wore all of these labels.

In these six imagined vignettes, John Haskell attempts to get past these labels to explore the interior life and persona of Glenn Gould—the man—and examine the unique world he created for himself.

John Haskell is the author of a short-story collection, I Am Not Jackson Pollock, and the novels American Purgatorio and Out of My Skin. He’s also the author of The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts. His work has appeared in A Public Space, n+1, Conjunctions, and McSweeney’s.

Author: John Haskell
Publisher: IKE: A Publishing Project
Page Count: 32pp
Size: 4 x 6
Notes: paperback
Release Date: September 25, 2025
ISBN: 978–1–954992–13–9