'A masterpiece' Daily Mail

'Will still be read with pleasure and absorption decades from now' Spectator

'A wonder-work: irresistible, tense, deeply moving' Sunday Times

'An extraordinary book' Independent on Sunday

A chance sighting on a bus; a letter which should never have been read; a pianist with a secret that touches the heart of her music . . . AN EQUAL MUSIC is a book about love, about the love of a woman lost and found and lost again; it is a book about music and how the love of music can run like a passionate fugue through a life. It is the story of Michael, of Julia, and of the love that binds them.

'A novel that can stand being reread and reread, but the first time round is an emotional cliffhanger ... secure a copy for yourself, settle down, and prepare for the unforgettable' Sunday Times

A powerful love story from the author of the international bestseller A SUITABLE BOY

About the Author
Vikram Seth has written five books of poetry, an opera libretto, and a book of other libretti. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed novel, A SUITABLE BOY, one of the most beloved and widely read books of recent times, as well as his novels THE GOLDEN GATE and AN EQUAL MUSIC. He is the author of two highly regarded works of non-fiction, FROM HEAVEN LAKE and TWO LIVES.

Reviews
Secure a copy for yourself, settle down and prepare for the unforgettable * SUNDAY TIMES *
The finest novel about music written in English * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A hauntingly beautiful story about loss and love, and the power of music to transform human experience * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Will still be read with pleasure and absorption decades from now * SPECTATOR *
A masterpiece ... as clear, lovely and civilised as a Schubert quartet * DAILY MAIL *
Seth's novel is a wonder-work: irresistible, tense, deeply moving * SUNDAY TIMES *
Seth offers emotional sensitivity of the rarest order and a poignancy that invites an almost painful empathy * ECONOMIST *
The fullest portrait I have ever read in fiction of a musician's relationship to his music ... brilliant * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
This book is music ... It's an extraordinary book that finds music in everything and everything in music * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Seth succeeds in the rare and beautiful achievement of articulating musical experience * THE TIMES *

A virtuoso performance, wrapping love, life and music into an absorbing read

* EVENING STANDARD *


Awards
Winner of Good Book Guide Awards: Fiction 2000.



Book Information
ISBN 9780753807736
Author Vikram Seth
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 336g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 31mm