Only One Music

Modern classic Vikram Seth is a true citizen of the world. Born in India, he studied at Oxford and also at Stanford University in California, where instead of a dissertation in economics he wrote his first novel 'The Golden Gate' about American yuppies — and it was a novel in verse; moreover, written from beginning to end in the Onegin stanza. Then, after many years of work, Seth published the epic 'An Equal Music', record-breaking in many respects: the longest novel in the history of English literature to be published in a single volume; translations into three dozen languages and a worldwide circulation reaching 26 million copies. And after 'An Equal Music', there followed yet another step in the most unexpected direction — 'Only One Music': 'a narrative of the highest emotional intensity' (Economist), 'the best novel about music in all of English literature' (Daily Telegraph), 'a true masterpiece' (Daily Mail). So, one day violinist Michael Holm, a member of the successful quartet 'Majore', meets on a London bus his old love, pianist Julia McNicholl — and the former passion flares up with new strength. Music brings them together and separates them, but Julia hides a secret that will turn their world upside down…
'A love story full of suspense, tragic secrets and precious fleeting encounters on Viennese trains and Venetian canals' (USA Today).
For the first time in Russian!