Mourning de Pachmann (eBook)
286 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5746-4 (ISBN)
In January 1933, widowed Canadian psychiatrist Charles Flemming traveled to Rome to deliver a paper at an international psychiatric meeting and to further research the career of the eccentric Ukranian pianist, Vladimir de Pachmann, for a biography he has always wanted to write. En route, he learns of a young, virtually blind Polish pianist, Agnieszka Lipska, who will be giving several recitals in Rome. She has familial retinitis pigmentosa and her specialty is the music of Chopin. Charles and Agnieszka are introduced by Simon Williams, a music critic assigned to review the recitals. Her beauty and talent enraptures the heart of the lonely doctor and a romance develops. Shortly after arriving in Rome, Charles discovers that a manuscript containing aspects of de Pachmann's life has been stolen from his hotel. This along with other complications, including a near-drowning in the Tiber River, ultimately involves the scrutiny of Mussolini's fascist police. At her final recital, Agnieszka resists the restrictions of the government by playing the Polish National Anthem as an encore disguised as an anonymous Polish mazurka. However, a music critic recognizes the piece and the lovers are forced to flee Rome with the help of the Polish ambassador. They travel to Krakow, where Charles meets Agnieszka's family. Before leaving there is concern over Agnieszka's abdominal pain, which appears to require gynecologic surgery. On his ship back to Canada, Charles opens and reads a disturbing letter written by Agnieszka's mother about her daughter's past a suppressed memory. The truth is revealed later on his return to Toronto.Written for a mature audience with interests in music, history and mystery, Mourning de Pachmann investigates the subtleties of love, guilt and forgiveness, ambition and ego, as well as the rewards of a personal adventure of a lonely, middle-aged man and a younger woman. In this historical novel the reader will learn much about the career of the real-life de Pachmann, who still mystifies musicologists and critics; life in fascist Italy where it is illegal to sell condoms and dangerous to deny the wishes of Il Duce, Benito Mussolini; and Europe on the verge of another world war.
Carl Abbott is a semi-retired physician who graduated with a MD degree from Dalhousie University Medical School in 1959. He obtained his FRCPC in internal medicine in 1965 and has practiced endocrinology in Halifax, NS since then. His interests include painting with watercolors, music, and the maladies of musicians and composers from the past.
Who’s Who Acknowledgments ForewordChapter One An army of cripplesChapter Two Speak nothing but goodChapter Three No disputing about tastesChapter Four The best possible introductionChapter Five Woman is ever changeableChapter Six A pleasing countenanceChapter Seven The Lord’s dayChapter Eight Believe you have itChapter Nine Seize the opportunityChapter Ten The pure in heartChapter Eleven Yield not to misfortunesChapter Twelve The naked truthChapter Thirteen The comedy is finishedChapter Fourteen Small beginningsChapter Fifteen Holy ground Chapter Sixteen Gross negligence Chapter Seventeen To err is humanChapter Eighteen With equanimityChapter Nineteen Memory that is not loveChapter Twenty Abuse of the best thingsChapter Twenty-One By faith, not by armsChapter Twenty-Two Great stress on little thingsChapter Twenty-Three Others of the same sortChapter Twenty-Four To know all thingsChapter Twenty-Five Let them hate meChapter Twenty-Six Fortune favours the boldChapter Twenty-Seven Gentle in mannerChapter Twenty-Eight Wisdom of the heartChapter Twenty-Nine In those very wordsChapter Thirty Love is blindChapter Thirty-One The essence of lifeChapter Thirty-Two The everlasting memoryChapter Thirty-Three The renewal of loveEpilogueBibliography Biography
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2012 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7618-5746-X / 076185746X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-5746-4 / 9780761857464 |
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