_________________________’Dazzling … The translation by Margaret Sayers Paden is elegant’ – New York Times Book Review’A complex, focused novel ‘ – The Times’Passionate … a paean to music and musical genius, to romantic love and the mysterious sources of language and creativity’ – Newsday_________________________In this magical story of love and art, life and death, Carlos Fuentes entwines two narratives: one tells of the passion of orchestra conductor Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara for red-haired Mexican diva, Inez Prada; the other of the first encounter in human history between a man and a woman. Berlioz’s music for The Damnation of Faust brings Atlan-Ferrara and Inez together, and continues to resound on every page of this haunting work. At the same time, the emergent love of neh-el and ah-nel – the original lovers – reminds us of the Faustian pact of love and death. The link between these two stories is a beautiful crystal seal that belongs to Atlan-Ferrara, who is obsessed by its meaning. Maybe this ancient and seductive object gives its bearer the ability to read unknown languages and hear music of impossible beauty…
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