Brother of Sleep
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Book Overview
Set against the backdrop of an Alpine village in the nineteenth century, this astounding novel tells the story of Elias Johannes Alder, a musical genius with supernatural hearing who develops his... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0879516593
ISBN13:9780879516598
Release Date:September 1996
Publisher:Overlook Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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will change the way you think about genius
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I first read this book in German for a college course seven years ago and have not been able to forget about it since then. The description of life in an isolated village, and what happens to a genius who emerges there, is thought-provoking. What happens when a genius is born into surroundings of people who cannot (or will not) appreciate him? What if he has no way of leaving a record? Skip the movie, which sacrifices much of the book's reflectiveness and grace in favor of soap opera love triangles and disastrous fires, and buy the book!PS Any organist who has not read this should be ashamed of himself, but the writing is so evocative that non-musicians will understand (and even hear) the virtuosity of the main character.
Go an buy!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I looked into it at a friends. Then I startet reading and was hooked! I finished it the next morning. It is one of the best books i've ever read! So I read it again, and again, ...
confusion of senses
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
this book is in my opinion a book of the category "the parfum" from patrick süskind, a praise of the senses. it s a story of high talented young man which goes, against all odds, his way of musical carreer... without performances in big operas or concert halls, but with a never heard perfection in harmony, a divine like artist who is going to confuse his "simple" world around. it is written in a never seen quantity of neverheard words, in the search of trying to transform this divine harmonies into words. ...a word opera...
The passion of the unborn heart....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Reading the first sentence tells you what will be at the end of the final paragraph, and yet....passion in between those pages is unmatched by any pen. A must for outcasts, atheists, religious zealots and musicians....for everyone who holds a flame of any kind....poets and artistes to the hard of heart. You will be in tears.
best book ever
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
this book is one of the best books i've ever read. since i've just read the german editon, i will soon order the english one. there is also a movie to this book, but the movie just destroies your whole imagination of this wonderful book. so, don't watch the movie, but read the book.
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