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BROTHER OF SLEEP
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| By: |
Robert Schneider, Shaun Whiteside (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0715649205 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780715649206 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
25 September, 2014 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
A magical tale of passion and loss, of a miraculous life born amid the backwaters of Europe |
| Synopsis: |
In this shocking and beguiling novel, Robert Schneider has created a world that is utterly seductive and utterly original. Could the greatest musician of all time live his life in a peasant village and never be discovered by the world? Set against the mystical and bizarre backdrop of a remote Alpine village in the early nineteenth century, this astounding novel tells the story of Elias Johannes Alder, a musical genius with supernatural hearing who develops his talent in secret midnight sessions at the church organ. A spiritual descendant of Patrick Suskind's Perfume, Brother of Sleep moves inexorably towards tragedy as Elias is undone by his intense feeling for Elsbeth, the woman he loves. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |