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Catalyst
Aus den Fugen
Alain Claude Sulzer (born 1953)
Translated by John Brownjohn
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Catalyst
Anthem Press · United Kingdom · 2014
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The sudden silence is louder than a drumroll: in the middle of a breathtaking performance of the Hammerklavier sonata, the internationally celebrated pianist Marek Olsberg abruptly stops playing. With the words That's it, he closes the lid of the piano and walks off the stage. His unforeseen act sets more than his own life on a new course. Olsberg is one of many protagonists in this polyphonic novel: his agent, who quarrels with his new boyfriend on the way to the concert hall; Sophie, who realises during the concert that her last love has taken up with her niece; and Esther, who comes home early to find her husband out.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 230 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Germany
- First published
- 2012 by Galiani Berlin
- Author's age
- 59 when first published
- ISBN
9783869710594 (original)
9781783082711 (Anthem Press, United Kingdom)