Brother of Sleep
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Overlook Duckworth; Overlook TP
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York City, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781468308662
Subjects: Fiction, psychological; Musicians, fiction; Fiction, historical
Description: Set against the backdrop of an Alpine village in the nineteenth century, this astounding novel tells the story of Elias Johannes Alder, a musical genius with supernatural hearing who develops his talent in secret midnight sessions at the church organ. A spiritual descendant of Patrick Su]skind's Perfume and translated into twenty-four languages, Brother of Sleep moves inexorably toward tragedy as Elias is undone by his intense feeling for Elsbeth, the woman he loves. In this shocking and beguiling novel, Robert Schneider has created a world that is utterly seductive and wholly original.