Two-Part Inventions
A Novel
$24.57
- Paperback
284 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2013
Summary
Two-Part Inventions begins when Suzanne, a concert pianist, dies suddenly of a stroke in the New York City apartment she shares with her producer husband Philip. Rather than mourn in peace, Philip becomes deeply paranoid- their life is based on a fraud and the acclaimed music the couple created is about to be exposed. Philip had built a career for his wife by altering her recordings, taking a portion of a song here and there, from recordings of other pianists. Syncing the alterations seamles…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619021938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1619021935 |
| Author: | Lynne Sharon Schwartz |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 284 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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Praise for Two–Part Inventions:“The novel offers an intriguing window into the closeted, incestuous world of classical music, where enforced camaraderie and intense competition reside in uncomfortable proximity.“—Publishers Weekly“Loosely based on the true story of an unknown pianist whose recordings made her famous after they were altered and enhanced in the studio by her husband…[this] is a painstaking character study and taut modern fable about people who live at the cross–section of art and fame.“—Booklist
About The Author
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Lynne Sharon Schwartz is a celebrated author of novels, poems, short fiction, translations from Italian, and criticism. Her short fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories annual anthology series several times. The author of The Writing on the Wall, Disturbances in the Field, Referred Pain, Not Now, Voyager, and Two-Part Inventions, Schwartz lives in New York City and is currently a faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars.
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