| #461984 in Books | MELVILLE HOUSE | 2017-04-18 | 2017-04-18 | Original language:English | 9.30 x1.00 x6.20l, | File type: PDF | 304 pages | MELVILLE HOUSE||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Harmonious/Cacophonous Fugue|By amachinist|There are four main characters in Singer's debut novel, but this is deceptively simple. Just as a musical fugue presents a melody that is introduced by one part and taken up by other intertwining parts, the author has taken multiple themes and mirrored them in different generations and nationalities. We all share the feelings of los||“Singer’s novel travels up and down the scale of sorrow, reflecting the musical and psychological connotations of her title...This haunting story...feels suspended in a murky state between memory and presence, happiness and despair.”—
“A pleasure to read from beginning to end.”—Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March
Esther, an American art conservator, has fled New York for London—partly to escape her failing marriage, partly to tend to her dying mother. On her first night there, she spots a young man returning home very late, wet and muddy, to the house next door. Their eyes connect and he disappears inside. You easily download any file type for your device.Underground Fugue | Margot Singer. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
