The Pianist in the Dark
by Michéle Halberstadt
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Pub Date Jul 12 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Open Road Media | Pegasus Books
Description
A
stirring novel of love and music inspired by the life of pianist
Maria-Theresa von Paradis, a blind virtuoso who was a contemporary of
Mozart and Salieri.
Maria-Theresa von Paradis, the only daughter of the secretary of the empress of Austria, was an exceptionally gifted child. By the age of seventeen, she was a full-fledged virtuoso, playing for the royal family, acclaimed for her beauty and talent . . . and because she was blind. Her father, unable to accept her condition despite her soaring musical gifts, enlists the help of Franz Anton Mesmer, the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism, where Maria-Theresa discovers the passions and emotions from which her blindness had previously protected her.
In the tradition of Sleeping with Schubert and The Cellist of Sarajevo, the novel is a moving portrait of courage, loss, the elation of first love-and the pain of lost innocence.
Michéle Halberstadt is a French journalist, film producer, and author. Her previous novels include Prends soin de toi and Café Viennois. She also produced and co-wrote the movie Murderous Maids (2000). This is her first novel to be published in English, which won the Drouot Literary Prize and was short-listed for the Lilas Literary Prize in France.
Maria-Theresa von Paradis, the only daughter of the secretary of the empress of Austria, was an exceptionally gifted child. By the age of seventeen, she was a full-fledged virtuoso, playing for the royal family, acclaimed for her beauty and talent . . . and because she was blind. Her father, unable to accept her condition despite her soaring musical gifts, enlists the help of Franz Anton Mesmer, the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism, where Maria-Theresa discovers the passions and emotions from which her blindness had previously protected her.
In the tradition of Sleeping with Schubert and The Cellist of Sarajevo, the novel is a moving portrait of courage, loss, the elation of first love-and the pain of lost innocence.
Michéle Halberstadt is a French journalist, film producer, and author. Her previous novels include Prends soin de toi and Café Viennois. She also produced and co-wrote the movie Murderous Maids (2000). This is her first novel to be published in English, which won the Drouot Literary Prize and was short-listed for the Lilas Literary Prize in France.
Advance Praise
"The author of Viennese Café tells us the fabulous destiny of a young blind pianist. Spellbinding and masterful." -Femme Actuelle
"Honored by the jury of the Lilas Prize, this tale should be devoured without restraint." -Santé Zen
"Eighteenth century Vienna, its music, the trials and tribulations of the heart, creates a deep romantic tone in the story. With a delicate and poignant touch, she tells the redeeming power of the love of music." -Le Blog a Plumes
"Honored by the jury of the Lilas Prize, this tale should be devoured without restraint." -Santé Zen
"Eighteenth century Vienna, its music, the trials and tribulations of the heart, creates a deep romantic tone in the story. With a delicate and poignant touch, she tells the redeeming power of the love of music." -Le Blog a Plumes
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