The Variations

Name: The Variations
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781804270509
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By Patrick Langley

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The Variations by Patrick Langley explores themes of memory, art, and identity as it delves into the interconnected lives of its characters. The narrative journeys through a world where music becomes a mysterious force, influencing familial relationships and personal discoveries. This novel intricately weaves its characters’ quests for meaning and connection against the backdrop of creative expression and the search for truth.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring themes of creativity, music, and the complexities of family relationships. It intricately weaves together the lives of its characters, offering a rich portrayal of artistic endeavour and personal transformation.

The Variations

Bold and immersive, The Variations is a novel of startling originality about music and the difficulty - or impossibility - of living with the past.

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Selda Heddle, a famously reclusive composer, is found dead in a snowy field near her Cornish home. She was educated at Agnes's Hospice for Acoustically Gifted Children, which for centuries has offered its young wards a grounding in the gift - an inherited ability to tune into the voices and sounds of the past.

When she dies, Selda's gift passes down to her grandson Wolf, who must make sense of her legacy, and learn to live with the newly unleashed voices in his head. Ambitious and exhilarating, The Variations is a novel of startling originality about music and the difficulty - or impossibility - of living with the past.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804270509

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 125.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 464

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About the Author

Patrick Langley's debut novel, Arkady, was published in 2018 and longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Deborah Rogers Writers Prize. He lives in London.