Haunted by Holocaust memories, former cello prodigy Isabel Masurovsky takes a job teaching a millionaire's son to play, while gigolo Giulio works to seduce Isabel away from her past so that she can perform again. A first novel. Reprint.
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Beautifully precise, painfully intense, deeply moving- Joyce Hackett's first book is a masterpiece (Bernhard Schlink, author of THE READER)
I loved this book... beautifully composed, accomplished, a work of real gravitas and power (Hilary Mantel, author of A PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY)
This tortured story resounds with echoes of the grimmest European folk tales. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
The book ventures into painful worlds explored by too few novelists. (CLASSIC FM)
* A music teacher and a legendary cello that was confiscated by the Nazis - 'Joyce Hackett's first book is a masterpiece' - Bernhard Schlink
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