The Concert Pianist

Zusatztext 'Devastating ... Intellectually engaged ... a remarkably well-wrought narrative' Informationen zum Autor Conrad Williams was born in Winnipeg and lives in Willesden. He read English and Law at Cambridge! qualified as a barrister and now works as a film agent. Conrad's first novel! Sex & Genius ! was published by Bloomsbury in 2002. He is married with two children. Klappentext Philip Morahan is a pianist who can no longer play the piano. At 52 he is childless and utterly used up by music. His attempt to retrieve a lost personal life at the expense of his career leads to a roller-coaster of crises and confrontations. For if Philip is to recover his talent and the power to love he must face his own nature dead on. A profound and gripping novel about the emotional life of a great pianist, and the 'seam between the soul and the art' Zusammenfassung Philip Morahan is a pianist who can no longer play the piano. At 52 he is childless and utterly used up by music. His attempt to retrieve a lost personal life at the expense of his career leads to a roller-coaster of crises and confrontations. For if Philip is to recover his talent and the power to love he must face his own nature dead on.

Product details

• Authors: Conrad Williams, Williams Conrad
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2007
• EAN: 9780747586005
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-8600-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Bilingual editions > German/English; Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary