Description
Product ID: | 9780099526995 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | For You |
Subtitle: | The Libretto for Michael Berkeley's Opera |
Authors: | Author: Ian McEwan |
Page Count: | 80 |
Subjects: | Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Plays, playscripts, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Plays, playscripts, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
Description: | Charles Frieth, pre-eminent composer, conductor and prodigious womaniser, is preparing for a performance of one of his early works, and the world premiere of Demonic Aubade. Charles Frieth, pre-eminent composer, conductor and prodigious womaniser, is preparing for a performance of one of his early works, and the world premiere of Demonic Aubade. Obstinate and myopic, he is oblivious to the growing turmoil around him; his wife''s poor health and sadness; the exhausted efforts of his secretary, and the destructive passion of his housekeeper, Maria. |
Imprint Name: | Vintage |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-06-05 |