Quarter Tones by Susan Mann
When Anna returns to the ramshackle cottage of her youth in the seaside village of Noordhoek, near Cape Town, she does so with the intention of sorting out her father's affairs. It soon becomes clear that more is at stake. After a decade in London, where she has frailed to find work as a musician, her return to South Africa puts further distance into an already-strained marriage, not only because she is out of reach, but because Michael, her husband, has lost faith in the country. Quick to welcome her is her neighbour, Franz van der Veer an architect searching for redemption. This is further complicated by the arrival of his eccentric brother, Daniel. Against a tangle of childhood memories, scarred histories and renewed hope, Ana finally starts to confront the death of Sam, her Irish luthier father and with it, questions of guilt and belonging.
"Old sensibilities are laid to rest and unexpected new ones rise to the surface in this delicately crafted novelOne reads it, hardly daring to breathe." -- Antjie Krog "Quarter Tones is a beautifully crafted novel." Big Issue "In its seemingly restrained way, Quarter Tones is, quite simply, one of the very best novels we have seen in recent years. It is the work of a mature and rich talent that demonstrates its self-confidence and its richness precisely in the deceptively quiet exploration of the human heart at its most vulnerable and its most beautiful." -- Andre Brink Sunday Independent
Susan Mann was born in Durban in 1967. She has worked in the media and taught at the University of Cape Town. She is currently doing research in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846550270 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846550270 |
| Title | Quarter Tones |
| Author | Susan Mann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book - Africa 2008 |
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