Description |
369 pages, 18 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm |
Note |
"This edition includes a reading group guide, an interview with Richard Powers, and a listener's guide to the music of Orfeo"--Back cover. |
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"First published as a Norton paperback 2014"--Title page verso. |
Summary |
Composer Peter Els --the "Bioterrorist Bach" -- pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical journey and, through the help of his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime collaborator, he hatches a plan to turn his disastrous collision with Homeland Security into a work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around them. |
Subject |
Composers -- Fiction.
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Time travel -- Fiction.
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Powers, Richard, 1957- -- Interviews.
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ISBN |
9780393349849 (paperback) |
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0393349845 (paperback) |
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