The Variations (Paperback)

Patrick Langley

ISBN 10: 1804270504 / ISBN 13: 9781804270509

Published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2023

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Paperback. Selda Heddle, a famously reclusive composer, is found dead in a snowy field near her Cornish home. She was educated at Agnes's Hospice for Acoustically Gifted Children, which for centuries has offered its young wards a grounding in the gift - an inherited ability to tune into the voices and sounds of the past. When she dies, Selda's gift passes down to her grandson Wolf, who must make sense of her legacy, and learn to live with the newly unleashed voices in his head. Ambitious and exhilarating, The Variations is a novel of startling originality about music and the difficulty - or impossibility - of living with the past. Bold and immersive, The Variations is a novel of startling originality about music and the difficulty - or impossibility - of living with the past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Variations (Paperback)
• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions, London
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1804270504
• ISBN 13: 9781804270509
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Selda Heddle, a famously reclusive composer, is found dead in a snowy field near her Cornish home. She was educated at Agnes's Hospice for Acoustically Gifted Children, which for centuries has offered its young wards a grounding in the gift - an inherited ability to tune into the voices and sounds of the past. When she dies, Selda's gift passes down to her grandson Wolf, who must make sense of her legacy, and learn to live with the newly unleashed voices in his head. Ambitious and exhilarating, The Variations is a novel of startling originality about music and the difficulty - or impossibility - of living with the past.