An Equal Music (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Vikram Seth
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: London and environs, Vienna, and Venice
- Principal Characters: Michael Holme, Julia Mcnicholl, Stanley Holme, Mrs. Formby, Piers, Helen, Billy
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Music or musicians, London, 1990’s, Italy or Italians, Violins or violinists, Vienna
- Locales: London, England, Vienna, Austria, Venice, Italy
An Equal Music may be read in three different ways. First, it is a novel about music, and in this respect it succeeds. Second, it is about the daily lives of musicians, and here it flounders at times. Third, it is a love story, and in this respect it falters all too often.
The narrator, Michael Holme, has through sheer perseverance and a certain amount of talent found a place as a violinist in England’s competitive music world, playing second violin in a reasonably prestigious string quartet, the Maggiore. This he has accomplished in spite of his working-class background...
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