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"A pleasingly intricate puzzle."-- Kirkus Reviews "Matthew Gallaway's fascinating and erudite debut novel is a portrait of the passion of several singers across the ages for a single opera, and turns into its own kind of novelistic chorus. Like Tristan und Isolde, the opera at its center,... read more
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In this, his first novel, Gallaway travels between the past and the present and between different continents, to focus on his four major characters who are bound together not only by their love of music but by larger forces as well. This cast includes Anna, an opera singer whose career peaked... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Martin: Add a description of this character.
- Maria Sheehan
- Lucien Marchand
- Anna Prus
- Gina
- Eduard
- Leo
- Guillaume
- Linda
- Hank
- Richie
- Kathy Warren
- Beatrice
- John
- Richard Wagner
- Amanda
- Gerard
- Jane
- Keith
- Lawrence
- Heinrich
- Marty
- Isolde
- Ghislaine
- Vallence
- Mary Michael
- Codruta
- Donovan
- Jay
- Ludwig
- Callas
- Boris
- Rhonda
- Manuel Garcia
- Ronald
- Suzie
- Daisy
- Catherine
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S--news!--your elder brother has procured four tickets to the opera on the Saturday night of your visit next month AND invitations to the after-party at Demoiselles, an old and rather exquisite French restaurant not far from Lincoln Center.
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- Dewey: 813.6
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