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Subtitled "An Exploration of the Musico-Erotic," this novel is an experiment in blurring the boundaries between the syntax of music and that of poetry. The sentences in question are elliptical, resembling a musical score, and tell the story of a violinist embarking upon a potentially dangerous affair with an admirer and fellow musician as their spouses, audiences, teachers, friends, and colleagues listen and wonder.



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Concerto for Sentence is an ambitious, poetic novel that deftly depicts the plight of a gifted musician and explores the narratives we impose on music.

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[Dvoryanova's] work invades the brain... and its ability to arrange what it perceives.... after all, Concerto for a Sentence is first and foremost a book about music. About grasping it and performing it and traveling to cities that personify the spiritual and musical...

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Concerto for Sentence: An Exploration of the

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    A Paperback / softback by Emiliya Dvoryanova, Elitza Kotzeva

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9781628970777, 978-1628970777
      ISBN10: 1628970774

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Subtitled "An Exploration of the Musico-Erotic," this novel is an experiment in blurring the boundaries between the syntax of music and that of poetry. The sentences in question are elliptical, resembling a musical score, and tell the story of a violinist embarking upon a potentially dangerous affair with an admirer and fellow musician as their spouses, audiences, teachers, friends, and colleagues listen and wonder.



      Trade Review

      Concerto for Sentence is an ambitious, poetic novel that deftly depicts the plight of a gifted musician and explores the narratives we impose on music.

      * Asymptote *

      [Dvoryanova's] work invades the brain... and its ability to arrange what it perceives.... after all, Concerto for a Sentence is first and foremost a book about music. About grasping it and performing it and traveling to cities that personify the spiritual and musical...

      * Capital Weekly *

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