An edition of Schlafes Bruder (1992)

Brother of sleep

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An edition of Schlafes Bruder (1992)

Brother of sleep

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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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Overlook Press
Language
English
Pages
224

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Subjects
Genius and mental illness, New York Times reviewed, Musicians, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Psychological fiction, German, [series:Rheintalische_Trilogie]
People
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Places
Vorarlberg (Austria)
Times
19th century, 1803

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Cover of: Brother of sleep
Brother of sleep
1995, Overlook Press
Hardcover in English - 1st American ed.
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Schlafes Bruder: Roman
August 1, 1995, Reclam
Hardcover in German - Sonderausg., mit einer Vorstudie zum Roman im Anhang
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Schlafes Bruder: Roman
1994, Reclam
Paperback in German - 2. Auflage
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Woodstock, New York, USA

Edition Notes

Translation Of
Schlafes Bruder
Translated From
German

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
833/.914
Library of Congress
PT2680.N376 S3513 1995, PT2680.N376S3513

Contributors

Translator
Shaun Whiteside

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
215 p. ;
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
20.32 x 12.7 x 2.54 centimeters
Weight
408 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1119858M
Internet Archive
brotherofsleep00schn
ISBN 10
0879515953
ISBN 13
9780879515959
LCCN
94046279
OCLC/WorldCat
722300715
Library Thing
354264
Goodreads
2462250

Work Description

»Das ist die Geschichte des Musikers Johannes Elias Alder, der zweiundzwanzigjährig sein Leben zu Tode brachte, nachdem er beschlossen hatte, nicht mehr zu schlafen.«

Der Auftaktsatz nimmt die Geschichte über das Leben eines Genies in der Enge eines österreichischen Bergdorfs vorweg: Schon als Kind ist der 1803 geborene Elias Außenseiter, sein außergewöhnlich scharfes Gehör und sein musikalisches Talent sorgen bei den Dorfbewohnern für Aufsehen und Argwohn. Die unerfüllte Liebe zu seiner Cousine Elsbeth quält ihn im Laufe der Jahre, und sie treibt ihn an. Bei einem Orgelwettbewerb in Feldberg improvisiert Elias über den Bach-Choral »Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder« und entfacht eine ungeahnt starke Wirkung auf sein Publikum und sich selbst.

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