"A tender psychological depiction of an impossible love —and between the lines a good deal of veneration for the pianist Horowitz and for the persuasive power of music."
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
“The magic of this intimate novel … plunges into the depths of the heart of its two heroes; one seizing ‘the essence of the other’ who agrees to put himself in absolute danger with a sort of perverse pleasure.”
Livres Hebdo