{"product_id":"prague-sonata","title":"Prague Sonata","description":"‘A sophisticated, engrossing intellectual mystery” | ™ of a weathered original sonata manuscript ~ the gift of a Czech immigrant living in Queens — come into the hands of Meta Taverner, a young musicologist whose concert piano career was cut short by an injury. The gift comes with the request that Meta find the manuscript’s true owner — a Prague friend the old woman has not heard from since the Second World War forced them apart —and make the three-part sonata whole again. Leaving New York behind for the land of Dvorak and Kafka, Meta sets out on an unforgettable search to locate the remaining | movements of the sonata and uncover a story that has influenced { | the course of many lives, even as it becomes clear that she isn’t the = only one seeking the music’s secrets. ’ ‘A treasure of a novel, a deliciously enveloping musical mystery which I read with marvel and gusto.’ ‘Bradford Morrow has written his masterpiece. The Prague Sonata is a rich, joyous, complex journey into the city of Prague, the claims made upon us by music, and several dark, dark corners of human experience.’ PETER STRAUB","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44656372547626,"sku":"JB-391","price":1.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/0247\/8890\/files\/391-dfc616c0-6903-4ba0-8937-78b314714aa2.jpg?v=1785984797","url":"https:\/\/www.larterslibrary.com\/products\/prague-sonata","provider":"Larters Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}