Books
by Robert Ford
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The Student Conductor |
The setting: the world of classical music and musicians in Germany after the Wall came down. Cooper Barrow, student conductor, is in Karlsruhe for lessons with Ziegler, a renowned elderly conductor with a mysterious past. Barrow falls in love with Petra, just out of East Germany and oboist in Ziegler's orchestra. We enjoy an insight into the stresses of a musician's life. Mysteries, betrayal and guilt arise from Petra's past. An outstanding first novel.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 34 April 2006) |
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