{"product_id":"lessons-in-harmony","title":"Lessons in Harmony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA STUNNING NOVEL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND NATIONHOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE, BOURNVILLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMIDDLE ENGLAND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I was completely engrossed by the fictional reconstruction of the friendship between these two very different composers' Clare Chambers, author of SMALL PLEASURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A highly satisfying, wise and humane read’ Joanna Miller, bestselling author of THE EIGHTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysterious personal life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Ravel’s devoted acolyte Mylo encourages him to take on a new pupil – a rising British composer called Ralph Vaughan Williams – an unlikely cross-channel friendship starts to blossom. An aristocratic Englishman and collector of folk songs, Vaughan Williams appears to have nothing in common with his teacher except that, somehow, each of them seems to represent an archetype of his own country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut as the shadow of war approaches, their friendship becomes entwined with Mylo’s own tragic story. The two friends must pursue their vocation through one of the most turbulent but creative periods in history. Will their differing senses of national identity – one ‘typically French’, the other ‘so British’ – liberate or constrain them?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLESSONS IN HARMONY is a stunning novel about the power of music to create beauty, to freeze time, and, at its greatest, to express the personality not just of its composer, but of an entire nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Please God... if there is a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book’ Pat Barker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘With his love of music, European culture and the foibles of Britishness, Jonathan Coe is uniquely equipped to craft this story of male friendship, art, love and nationhood' Stuart Maconie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57729031602549,"sku":"D0C-E2E-C2F","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9dcbc335-27de-4083-8484-75109c5aed8c.jpg?v=1793883339","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.surf\/products\/lessons-in-harmony","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}