The Children's Bach
Author: Garner, Helen
ISBN: 9781922268365
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors, now available in a smaller and competitively priced format.
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.
There was a piano in the kitchen and during the day Athena would shut herself in there under the portrait of Dexter's father and pick away at Bartok's Mikrokosmos or the easiest of Bach's Small Preludes. Preludes to what? Even under her ignorant fingers those simple chords rang out like a shout of triumph, and she would run to stick her hot face out of the window.
Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexter's university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.
Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984. The Children's Bach is 'a jewel', in Ben Lerner's description, 'beautiful, lapidary, rare'.
ISBN: 9781922268365
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors, now available in a smaller and competitively priced format.
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.
There was a piano in the kitchen and during the day Athena would shut herself in there under the portrait of Dexter's father and pick away at Bartok's Mikrokosmos or the easiest of Bach's Small Preludes. Preludes to what? Even under her ignorant fingers those simple chords rang out like a shout of triumph, and she would run to stick her hot face out of the window.
Athena and Dexter live a happy but insular life, bound by routine and the care of their young sons. When Elizabeth, an old friend from Dexter's university days, turns up with her much younger sister, Vicki, and her lover, Philip, she brings an enticing world to their doorstep. And Athena finds herself straining at the confines of her life.
Helen Garner portrays her characters with a clear eye for their dreams, their insecurities and their deep humanity in this intimate and engaging short novel, which was first published in 1984. The Children's Bach is 'a jewel', in Ben Lerner's description, 'beautiful, lapidary, rare'.
