Hammerklavier, the first novel by the internationally acclaimed playwright Yasmina Reza, became an instant bestseller on its publication in France. Narrated in the main by the author herself, Hammerklavier opens with a description of her dead father failing to play Beethoven on the self-same instrument and suffering admonishment from the maestro himself in a bizarre encounter in heaven. A series of forty-four autobiographical and fictional vignettes ensue in which the narrator's memories and fantasies of people - real and imagined - combine to stunning effect.
- ISBN13 9782070467983
- Publish Date 3 January 2017 (first published 1 August 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country FR
- Imprint Gallimard-Jeunesse
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language French