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The Music Room: A Memoir
William Fiennes spent his childhood in a moated castle, the perfect environment for a child with a brimming imagination. It is a house alive with history, beauty, and mystery, but the young boy growing up in it is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older and a magnetic presence, Richard suffers from severe epilepsy. His illness influences the rhythms of the family and the house's internal life, and his story inspires a journey, interwoven with a loving recollection, toward an understanding of the mind.
This is a song of home, of an adored brother and the miracle of consciousness. The chill of dark historical places coexists with the warmth and chatter of the family kitchen; the surrounding landscapes are distinguished by ancient trees, secret haunts, the moat's depths and temptations. Bursting with tender detail, The Music Room is a sensuous tribute to place, memory, and the permanence of love.
This is a song of home, of an adored brother and the miracle of consciousness. The chill of dark historical places coexists with the warmth and chatter of the family kitchen; the surrounding landscapes are distinguished by ancient trees, secret haunts, the moat's depths and temptations. Bursting with tender detail, The Music Room is a sensuous tribute to place, memory, and the permanence of love.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Sep 13rd, 2010
- Pages: 226
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.22in - 6.58in - 0.55in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9780393338782
- Categories: • Memoirs
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About the Author
Fiennes, William: - William Fiennes's first book, The Snow Geese, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize, and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in England.
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@AlisKJones Ah, the book is The Music Room, by William Fiennes -- it's based in Broughton Castle, where he grew up...💖
Praise for this book
A haunting lament for a life that could have been and the love that remained for a broken mind.--Amanda Foreman, author of The Duchess
Humane rather than melodramatic, a lovely memoir rich with poignancy of family and place.-- "Wall Street Journal"
An artful memory piece about a unique home life.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Exemplary.-- "The Telegraph"
What people are saying
Celandine
@GBClarkson
2 years
A less tribal politics | Poems: @PoetryMagazine @PoetrySociety @Mslexia @IceFloeP | Books: @ShearsmanBooks @PoetryBusiness @VervePoetryPres @NineArchesPress
@AlisKJones Ah, the book is The Music Room, by William Fiennes -- it's based in Broughton Castle, where he grew up...💖