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Sight Reading: A Novel - Daphne Kalotay
Sight Reading: A Novel
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For readers who loved Bel Canto, Three Junes, and The Hours... On a warm spring day after a long New England winter, Hazel and Remy spot each other for the first time in years. Under ordinary circumstances, this meeting might seem insignificant. But Remy, a gifted violinist, is... show more
For readers who loved Bel Canto, Three Junes, and The Hours... On a warm spring day after a long New England winter, Hazel and Remy spot each other for the first time in years. Under ordinary circumstances, this meeting might seem insignificant. But Remy, a gifted violinist, is married to the Scottish composer Nicholas Elko--once the love of Hazel' s life, now struggling with a masterwork he cannot realize. In the twenty years since Hazel' s world was tipped on its axis, these three artists have faced unexpected joys, mysterious afflictions and other puzzles of life, their fates irrevocably interlaced.As their story unfolds across two decades, moving from Europe to America and from conservatory life to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this moving novel explores how the desire to create something real and true--be it a work of art or one's own life--can lead to deeper personal revelations, including the secrets we keep, even from ourselves.  Lyrical and evocative, Sight Reading asks questions about what makes a family, about the importance of art and beauty in daily life, and about the role of intuition in both the creative process and the evolution of the self.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780062246936 (0062246933)
ASIN: 62246933
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 329
Edition language: English
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Olga Godim
Olga Godim rated it
I received the galley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. It is a part of the TLC book tour.Despite being a bit slow and somewhat ponderous, this novel was among the most powerful I’ve read recently. Its prose is eloquent and luminous; its descriptions lyrical, emphasized by the sym...
guiltlessreader
guiltlessreader rated it
Lovely read. If you're a musician, I think this will hit you even harder.Full review here:http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sight-reading-by-daphne-kalotay.html
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