- Generals, Juvenile literature, Fiction, Violinists
The author of the international bestseller *A Suitable Boy* returns with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet.
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Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Vikram Seth
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 380
- Publisher
- Vintage International, Phoenix House, Vintage
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781552780473
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“The branches are bare, the sky tonight a milky violet.”
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