The Conductor by Sarah Quigley
A profoundly moving story of music, survival, friendship and love in wartime Leningrad.
'[An] up-all-night page-turner.. conveying the extraordinary life-saving properties of music, and hope' Observer.
'An extraordinary period of history brought into proximity by a daring novelist... Superbly imagined and brilliantly realised' Lloyd Jones.
'Deserves to be mentioned alongside Jane Smiley, Andrea Levy and Rose Tremai' Sunday Herald.
'Extraordinary ... a symphony on the power of love – the love of music, home, family, city... A triumph on every level' New Zealand Herald.
'An extraordinary period of history brought into proximity by a daring novelist... Superbly imagined and brilliantly realised' Lloyd Jones.
'Deserves to be mentioned alongside Jane Smiley, Andrea Levy and Rose Tremai' Sunday Herald.
'Extraordinary ... a symphony on the power of love – the love of music, home, family, city... A triumph on every level' New Zealand Herald.
Sarah Quigley is a New Zealand-born novelist, poet and critic. She has a D.Phil. in Literature from the University of Oxford, and has won several awards for her writing. Since winning the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency in 2000, Quigley has been based in Berlin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908800022 |
| ISBN 10 | 190880002X |
| Title | The Conductor |
| Author | Sarah Quigley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus |
| Year published | 2012-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2012 |
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