Ludwig Unter's life held such promise. His parents were artists and, from an early age, his own musical genius had marked him out for a stellar career in the world's concert halls. In his mother's imagination, Ludwig is already on the way to surpassing her most ambitious dreams for him. But in reality, and for now, he's playing in local cocktail bars and the two of them are living alone in a storm-lashed clifftop cottage in East Anglia. As the forceful winter seas bash away at the coastline, and Ludwig plunks away at the piano, he begins to tell a woman his story: a story of beauty and decay, of a child's faith and parental betrayal, and of the importance, in the end, of self-sacrifice.
- ISBN10 1846272548
- ISBN13 9781846272547
- Publish Date 3 May 2012 (first published 2 June 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 December 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Granta Books
- Imprint Portobello Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English