As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Liebestod returns us to Leslie
Epstein's most compelling literary character, that European emigre
and meagerly successful musician, Leib Goldkorn, whose final years
as a randy centenarian in New York City end in one of the most
memorable swan songs in recent fiction. Invited back to his
hometown in Moravia, Leib discovers that his father is not a hops
magnate but actually one of the twentieth century's greatest
composers, Gustav Mahler. Returning to New York with a bevy of
rabbinical cousins, Leib, now besotted by a world-famed diva, is
determined to bring to the Metropolitan Opera Rubezahl, the only
opera his real father ever wrote. Yet the much-heralded premiere
turns into a fiasco of unimaginable proportions, all breathtakingly
relayed by a stunned newspaper correspondent who survives to report
on this monumental disaster. With Liebestod, Epstein once again
"illuminates the mystery of our common humanity and mortality" (New
York Times).
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2012 |
| First published: |
February 2012 |
| Authors: |
Leslie. Epstein
|
| Dimensions: |
218 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Rough front
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-08131-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-393-08131-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780393081312 |
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