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  Homage to Czerny: Studies in Virtuoso Technique (German and Austrian Literature) (Paperback) By (author) Gert Jonke, Translated by Jean M. Snook

  

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  Short Description for Homage to CzernyGert Jonke s prose ripples along like a piano etude, transcending itsmeticulously constructed sequences to transport the reader into animaginary world.
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  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Published: 06 November 2008
  • Format: Paperback 149 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781564785015 ISBN 10: 1564785017
  • Sales rank: 431,275

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• With a delightful combination of the ridiculous and the sublime, Jonkeexplores surreal dimensions of space and sound, always anchoring hisflights of fancy in accessible imagery. More than any other author, Jonke, a pianist turned writer, avails himself of compositionaltechniques from classical music. Different characters sound their ownthemes in cleverly orchestrated conversations. Opening observations arerestated at the end by another character instead of in another key. Notsurprisingly, the first-person narrator is a composer, a young man whois all the more likable for his difficulties: his missing girlfriendand his withdrawal symptoms. The title is taken from a collection ofstudies by Carl Czerny; the content is a literary tour de force.