Description
In 1927, Maurice Ravel—dandy, eccentric, and famously prickly—sets out on a grand American tour that turns into more than a series of performances. When a copyright dispute over music for a ballet threatens to derail his plans, Ravel responds with a sudden, almost mischievous impulse: to create something entirely new, as if invention could outpace conflict. Across the last decade of his life, this novel follows the composer’s restless imagination and public triumphs alongside the private tensions that shape his work. With Jean Echenoz’s crisp, witty, and rhythmically inventive style, the story explores artistry under pressure, the thin line between inspiration and obsession, and how a life’s music can be both a refuge and a reckoning.
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hardcover
New Press
Published Jun 1, 2007
126 pages
ISBN: 9781595581150
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First Published
2006
Language
fra
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