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The Music Room (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Music RoomFrom the bestselling author of The Snow Geese comes a mesmerizing tribute to an adored older brother
Full description- Publisher: PICADOR
- Published: 03 April 2009
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
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- Categories: Memoirs
- ISBN 13: 9780330444408 ISBN 10: 0330444409
- Sales rank: 160,156
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Full description for The Music Room
Our house was almost seven hundred years old ...William Fiennes spent his childhood in a magical place, 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 energy influences the rhythms of the family and the house's internal life, and his story inspires a journey, interwoven with loving recollection, towards an understanding of the mind. This is a song of home, of an adored brother and of the miracle of consciousness. The chill of the 'dark historical spaces' coexists with the warmth and chatter of the family kitchen, and the surrounding landscapes are distinguished by ancient trees, secret haunts, the moat's depths and temptations. Bursting with tender detail, and combining humour, pathos and wisdom, The Music Room is a sensuous tribute to place, memory and the permanence of love.
