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"This striking debut novel is inspired by the real-life Australian pianist Noel Mewton-Wood, and vividly evokes the music world of London in the 1940s and 50s. The unnamed narrator, a young music student, idolises Noel from the moment he first sees him on the concert platform during the war. When they finally meet, on the narrator's 17th birthday, they quickly become lovers. For the younger man, this is a sublime, overwhelming passion. But it soon becomes apparent that for Noel, this is just another, though very pleasant, affair. As the years pass, and the narrator deals with the demons of his past and the crippling pain that thwarts his own musical ambitions, he continues to mix in the same circles as Noel - always carrying the memory of their affair and the possibility of rekindling it. But while the narrator sees Noel's career as one of unimpeded success and brilliance, the truth is rather different, and when Noel faces a major crisis, the one who has loved him for so long is forced to confront a shattering truth ..."--Provided by publisher. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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It is a very good first novel indeed. It’s yet another story of obsessive love (I’ve seem to have read a few of these lately!), based very loosely on the life of the Australian concert pianist Noel Mewton-Wood (1922-1953), and an (entirely fictional) nameless young music student who adores him. They meet in London in 1945, when concerts go on in defiance of the Blitz and, war notwithstanding, there is still a bohemian scene which encompasses a sophisticated homosexual milieu (even though homosexuality was illegal and risky). Before long Mewton-Wood and the student are lovers, but the passion of the affair is not entirely mutual; the student doesn’t understand that Mewton-Wood has other lovers and that his overwhelming passion is for his music. The student is not a reliable narrator; he thinks he’s much more important to Mewton-Wood than he really is and his devotion makes him completely blind to Mewton-Wood’s occasional cruel mockery. This is partly because he’s naive, but his account is also coloured by the fact that he drinks too much, and that his fantasy about the significance of the affair is influenced by his own desire to be part of Mewton-Wood’s circle.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2010/05/02/virtuoso-by-sonia-orchard-read-by-humphrey-b... (