An equal music / Vikram Seth

London : Phoenix House, 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed, dated and inscribed. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 380 pages; Physical description. : 380 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Chamber music groups - Fiction. Violinists - Fiction. Pianists - Fiction. Indian authors - 20th century. Indian authors - 21st century. Fiction - 20th century. Deafness - Fiction. Musicians - Fiction. Summary: A chance sighting on a bus; a letter which should never have been read; a pianist with a secret that touches the heart of her music ...An Equal Music is a book about love, about the love of a woman lost and found and lost again; it is a book about music and how the love of music can run like a passionate fugue through a life. It is the story of Michael, of Julia and of the love that binds them. 'A novel that can stand being reread and reread, but the first time round is an emotional cliffhanger ...secure a copy for yourself, settle down, and prepare for the unforgettable.