Music Stories

Wesley Stace's anthology combines music and literature, featuring variations on a musical theme by various authors, including Flaubert, Turgenev, Proust, Nabokov, Katherine Mansfield, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Amit Chaudhuri, Bernard MacLaverty, and Maya Angelou. It includes short stories, interludes from longer works, and music lessons, solos, duets, rehearsals, and performances, demonstrating that music is the food of love.

Format: Hardback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Publisher: Everyman

Variations on a musical theme by a striking range of authors, including Flaubert, Turgenev, Proust, Nabokov, Katherine Mansfield, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Amit Chaudhuri, Bernard MacLaverty, and Maya Angelou, are presented in Wesley Stace's captivating medley. This collection spans a wide range of musical genres, from Virginia Woolf's A String Quartet to Langston Hughes's The Blues I'm Playing. Short stories are skillfully woven into the mix, with interludes from longer works such as E. M. Forster's Howards End, Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, and Vikram Seth's An Equal Music. Within these pages, you'll find music lessons, solos and duets, rehearsals, and performances, all serving as a testament to the fact that music truly is the food of love. This harmonious blend of music and literature creates a perfect marriage, showcasing the power of both art forms to captivate and inspire.

Weight: 464g
Dimension: 188 x 124 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781841596365