Cello Player

Name: Cello Player
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ISBN: 9780151005970

ISBN-10: 0151005974

ISBN-13: 9780151005970

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Kruger

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The narrator of this wonderfully perceptive, highly entertaining tale of love and loss is a middle-aged German composer who writes serious avant-garde music, but makes a living writing theme music for television. When Judit, an ambitious young cello player from Budapest (whose mother was once the composer's lover and who may or may not be his daughter), shows up on his doorstep, he agrees to take her in while she studies at the conservatory in Munich. Judit's presence evokes memories of a far different time for the composer, when life was about art and his biggest concern was finding a room for an afternoon tryst. When our protagonists set out for the composer's house in southern France,…

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Publisher: Harcourt Trade Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

No BioMichael Kruger's successful career as a poet and novelist has been paralleled by his long and distinguished record as head of the German publishing house Hanser Verlag and editor of the influential journal Akzente. He recently received the Mï¿½rike Prize, one of Germany's most prestigious awards, in recognition of his contribution to both sides of the trade. He lives in Munich.