Author:Eva Hoffman
Isabel Merton is a renowned concert pianist whose playing is marked by rare intensity. At the height of her career, she feels increasingly torn between the expressive musical realm she inhabits, and the fragmented life she leads as an itinerant artist, with its frequent flights, anonymous hotels and arbitrary encounters.
Then Isabel meets Anzor Islikhanov, a political exile from war-torn Chechnya driven by a powerful desire to help and avenge his people. As their paths cross in several cities, they are drawn to each other - until a menacing incident throws Isabel into crisis.
Hoffman's intense novel ebbs and flows with passion and suppression...Hoffman is a writer of high intelligence and it is invigorating to spend time in her company
—— Sunday TelegraphPaints a powerful portrait ... Hoffman achieves that most difficult feat of conveying the emotional effect of music in prose... a highly accomplished, edgy and timely novel
—— Daily MailHoffman captures the exhilaration of performance
—— Times Literary SupplementWonderful descriptions of the effect music has on its audience
—— Lavinia Greenlaw , Financial TimesPoignant story
—— Sally Cousins , The Daily TelegraphIntellectually sophisticated.
—— Jem Poster , GuardianAn astute depiction of our era's social and political migration
—— Christine Madden , Irish TimesThis is a fabulous book. It's intriguing, well-written and a real page turner.
—— blogcritics.orgAn enjoyable, solid, gothic fantasy offering
—— fantasybookreviews.co.ukHugely enjoyable and highly recommended.
—— lovevampires.coma literal fairytale romance which keeps you gripped until the very end.
—— xrebelangelx.blogspot.comA lovely book, beautiful to look at and a captivating story. Goodman has a superb way of drawing you into her world, the magic within is subtle, enchanting enough to weave a spell over the reader without causing you to suspend belief.
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