BOOKS - Unwritten Secrets
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Unwritten Secrets
Author: Ronald Frame
Year: January 1, 2010
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.3 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 2010
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.3 MB
Language: English
Mariel Baxter, a famous American soprano, has suddenly cancelled recitals and flown to Vienna.In the 1980s she came to the city to study the art of lieder singing with the reclusive Ursule Kroll, one of the brightest stars of the Nazi era and a favourite of the Fuhrer himself. The two haven't communicated since Mariel's unexpected departure over twenty-five years ago. So why has Mariel come back? As Mariel and Kroll play a complex cat-and-mouse game, terrible revelations and recriminations about the past slowly begin to unfold. Finally, Ursule is forced to confront a dark secret from her past.Ronald Frame was born in Glasgow in 1953. He is the author of nine novels, several short stories, as well as numerous stage and radio plays. He has won several prizes for his work, including the Betty Trask Prize for fiction and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year award.His novel The Lantern Bearers was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
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