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Johann Sebastian Bach's music forms the backdrop to this stunning short novel about motherhood and loss. Following the death of her daughter, a bereaved pianist immerses herself in Bach's Goldberg Variations. As the woman perfects the complex musical architecture of Bach's own study in grief, memories of her past unfold. A family, mother, father, son and daughter appear during various stages of their lives together and the story builds up to a crescendo of great emotional power.
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Anna Enquist is a musician, psychoanalyst, poet and novelist. She is a critically acclaimed and bestselling author throughout Europe. Counterpoint is her fourth novel and the first to be translated for an Australian audience.
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- PublisherUniversity of Western Australia Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1921401605
- ISBN 13 9781921401602
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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