Quarter Tones

Susan Mann

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Vintage
05 April 2011

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A beautiful and moving novel from the acclaimed author of One Tongue Singing

The most important things are hardest to find words for, her father once said. That's why people make music.

When Ana returns to the ramshackle cottage of her youth in the seaside village of Noordhoek, near Cape Town, she does so with the intention of sorting out her father's affairs. It soon becomes clear that more is at stake. After a decade in London, where she has failed to find work as a musician, her return to South Africa puts further distance into an already strained marriage, not only because she is out of reach, but because Michael, her husband, has lost faith in the country.

Quick to welcome her is her neighbour, Franz van der Veer, an architect searching for redemption. This is further complicated by the arrival of his eccentric brother, Daniel. Against a tangle of childhood memories, scarred histories and renewed hope, Ana finally starts to confront the death of Sam, her Irish luthier father, and with it, questions of guilt and belonging.

Lyrical and beautifully told, Quarter Tones is a story about music and love and loss.

By: Susan Mann
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: 9780099565123
ISBN 10: 0099565129
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 April 2011
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Mann was born in Durban in 1967. She has worked in the media and taught at the University of Cape Town. She is currently doing research in France.

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Old sensibilities are laid to rest and unexpected new ones rise to the surface in this delicately crafted novel. One reads it, hardly daring to breathe. A beautifully crafted novel * Big Issue * One of the very best novels we have seen in recent years * Independent on Sunday *

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