Only One Music

Contemporary classic Vikram Seth is a true citizen of the world. Born in India, educated 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 "A Suitable Boy", a record in many respects: the longest novel in the history of English literature that was published in a single volume; translations into three dozen languages and a worldwide circulation reaching 26 million copies. Following "A Suitable Boy" came again a step in the most unexpected direction - "Only One Music": "a narrative of the highest emotional intensity" (Economist), "the best music-themed novel in all English literature" (Daily Telegraph), "a true masterpiece" (Daily Mail).

So, one day, violinist Michael Holm, a member of the successful quartet "Maggiore", meets his old love, pianist Julia McNicholl, on a London bus - and the old passion flares up with a new force. Music brings them together, then separates them, but Julia hides a secret that will turn their entire world upside down…