SONG OF NAMES(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“Delightful. . . reveals an author full of knowledge,
invention and passion. . . . A lovely book.” – The Telegraph
(London)
　　“Compelling humanity . . . deliciously caught. . . . Conjured
with exceptional vividness.” – The Evening Standard
(London)　　

　　“The music-biz interludes intrigue and convince. Lebrecht . .
. always knows the score.”-– The Independent (London)
　　“An unusually impressive first novel.” – The
Spectator

　　Martin Simmonds’ father tells him, “Never trust a musician
when he speaks about love.” The advice comes too late. Martin
already loves Dovidl Rapoport, an eerily gifted Polish violin
prodigy whose parents left him in the Simmonds’s care before they
perished in the Holocaust. For a time the two boys are closer than
brothers. But on the day he is to make his official debut, Dovidl
disappears. Only 40 years later does Martin get his first clue
about what happened to him.
　　In this ravishing novel of music and suspense, Norman Lebrecht
unravels the strands of love, envy and exploitation that knot
geniuses to their admirers. In doing so he also evokes the fragile
bubble of Jewish life in prewar London; the fearful carnival of the
Blitz, and the gray new world that emerged from its ashes.
Bristling with ideas, lambent with feeling, The Song of
Names is a masterful work of the imagination.

　　Norman Lebrecht is one of the most widely-read modern
commentators on music, culture, and politics. His Wednesday column
in the (London) Evening Standard and on the internet has
been described as “required reading”. His BBC Radio 3 show,
“Lebrecht Live”, attracts web-listeners from Buenos Aires to
Budapest. His many books include The Maestro Myth,
When the Music Stops, Mahler
Remembered, and Covent Garden: The Untold
Story. The Song of Names is his first novel.