Lea

Pascal Mercier

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Atlantic
23 August 2017

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Bargains

It all starts with the death of Martijn van Vliet's wife. His grief-stricken young daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the world, right up until the day that she hears a snatch of Bach being played on a violin by a busker.

Transfixed by the sweet melody, she emerges from her mourning, vowing to learn the instrument. Lea's all-consuming passion is matched by talent, and she becomes one of the finest players in the country - but as her fame blossoms, her relationship with her father only withers.

Desperate to hold on to Lea, Martin is driven to commit an act that threatens to destroy both him and his daughter.

By: Pascal Mercier
Imprint: Atlantic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 405g
ISBN: 9781848873414
ISBN 10: 1848873417
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pascal Mercier was born in 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, and currently lives in Berlin, where he is a professor of philosophy.

Reviews for Lea

A perfect novel that you'll devour in a single night * Brigitte * Lea has it all... Sanity and madness, love and betrayal, self-preservation and self-destruction * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung * Pascal Mercier now takes his rightful place among our finest European novelists * Daniel Johnson, Sunday Telegraph * Perfectly constructed, exciting, entertaining, enigmatic, memorable. * Buchkultur *