Brother of sleep

Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 1995 by Overlook Press.

ISBN:
978-0-87951-595-9
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OCLC Number:
722300715

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Could the greatest musician of all time live his life in a remote peasant village and never be discovered by the world? Set against the backdrop of an Alpine village in the nineteenth century, this astounding novel tells the story of Elias Johannes Alder, a musical genius with supernatural hearing who develops his talent in secret midnight sessions at the church organ.

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Subjects

  • Genius and mental illness -- Fiction.
  • Musicians -- Fiction.

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