Description
In this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold's infatuation with Beatriz will change them both. A Sunday Times , Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year 'Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction' Observer After his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz - white-haired virtuoso, controversial interpreter of Chopin - becomes infatuated with Beatriz, his designated companion at dinner. Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, is at first unmoved. But as the stranger's letters, music, and poetry flood into her home, a dream of love begins that surprises them both. 'One of the world's most original writers... He is still breaking new ground at the same time as revealing a funny side' i 'His prose, apparently simple, is so perfected at every turn that it is moving to read, line after line' Sunday Times
| EAN: | 9781529920635 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 17.10.2024 |
| Autoren: | Coetzee, J. M. |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 272 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | best short stories; short story collection; bel canto; jeremy denk; best new fiction; contemporary fiction; love letters; muse; stephen hough; ishiguro; polish; waiting for the barbarians; the life and times of michael k; elizabeth costello; disgrace; novella; nobel prize; booker prize; love story; south africa; barcelona; short stories; pianist; piano; classical music; chopin; literary fiction; collection |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Südafrikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Erzählungen, Kurzgeschichten, Short Stories |
| Imprint-Titels: | Vintage Books |