Jonathan Coe
Lessons in Harmony

2026 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

A STUNNING NOVEL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND NATIONHOOD FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE, BOURNVILLE AND MIDDLE ENGLANDThe year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose techn…ically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysterious personal life.When Ravel’s devoted acolyte Mylo encourages him to take on a new pupil – a rising British composer called Ralph Vaughan Williams – an unlikely cross-channel friendship starts to blossom. An aristocratic Englishman and collector of folk songs, Vaughan Williams appears to have nothing in common with his teacher except that, somehow, each of them seems to represent an archetype of his own country.But as the shadow of war approaches, their friendship becomes entwined with Mylo’s own tragic story. The two friends must pursue their vocation through one of the most turbulent but creative periods in history. Will their differing senses of national identity – one ‘typically French’, the other ‘so British’ – liberate or constrain them?LESSONS IN HARMONY is a stunning novel about the power of music to create beauty, to freeze time, and, at its greatest, to express the personality not just of its composer, but of an entire nation. Review'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat' The Times'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby'Please God... if there is a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain‘A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book’ Pat Barker‘With his love of music, European culture and the foibles of Britishness, Jonathan Coe is uniquely equipped to craft this story of male friendship, art, love and nationhood' Stuart MaconieAbout the AuthorJonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. He is the award-winning, bestselling author of sixteen novels, including What a Carve Up!, The Rotters’ Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence and Lessons in Harmony. He has wonthe Costa Novel Award, the Prix du Livre Européen, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Prix Médicis Étranger and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, among many others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. Jonathan Coe lives in London. A STUNNING NOVEL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND NATIONHOOD FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE, BOURNVILLE AND MIDDLE ENGLANDThe year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one …of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emotional core, and whose unpredictable talent is as hard to pin down as his mysterious personal life.When Ravel’s devoted acolyte Mylo encourages him to take on a new pupil – a rising British composer called Ralph Vaughan Williams – an unlikely cross-channel friendship starts to blossom. An aristocratic Englishman and collector of folk songs, Vaughan Williams appears to have nothing in common with his teacher except that, somehow, each of them seems to represent an archetype of his own country.But as the shadow of war approaches, their friendship becomes entwined with Mylo’s own tragic story. The two friends must pursue their vocation through one of the most turbulent but creative periods in history. Will their differing senses of national identity – one ‘typically French’, the other ‘so British’ – liberate or constrain them?LESSONS IN HARMONY is a stunning novel about the power of music to create beauty, to freeze time, and, at its greatest, to express the personality not just of its composer, but of an entire nation. Review'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat' The Times'Probably the best English novelist of his generation' Nick Hornby'Please God... if there is a next life, let me write as well as Jonathan Coe' Anthony Bourdain‘A novelist who gains in range and reputation with every book’ Pat Barker‘With his love of music, European culture and the foibles of Britishness, Jonathan Coe is uniquely equipped to craft this story of male friendship, art, love and nationhood' Stuart MaconieAbout the AuthorJonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. He is the award-winning, bestselling author of sixteen novels, including What a Carve Up!, The Rotters’ Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence and Lessons in Harmony. He has wonthe Costa Novel Award, the Prix du Livre Européen, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Prix Médicis Étranger and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, among many others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. Jonathan Coe lives in London.

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Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	264
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	024183774X
ISBN:	9780241837740
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	12. 11. 2026 7:43
Číslo položky:	2023633

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Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe se narodil 19. srpna 1961 v anglickém Birminghamu. Vystudoval univerzitu v Cambridge. Je ženatý a v současnosti žije v Londýně. Pracoval jako asistent anglické poezie na univerzitě ve Warwicku, jako poloprofesionální hudebník, korektor, novinář a spisovatel na volné noze. Napsal několik románů, například What a Carve Up! či The House of Sleep . Jonathan Coe o svém psaní prohlásil: „Psát jsem začal jako chlapec, ale teprve nedávno jsem se začal ptát sám sebe proč. Nejhorší typ románu je podle mě ten, ve kterém chybí humor. Pohled na tolik spisovatelů , kteří i nadále píší formou, která se zjevně vyčerpala, mi připadá poněkud směšný. Jsem si vědom, že Británie má silnou tradici experimentální tvorby, starou několik staletí, a překvapuje mě, že ji bere v úvahu jen tak málo našich spisovatelů. Přesto mi připadá naprosto zbytečné dělit beletrii na experimentální a neexperimentální. Spisovatel Robert Nye přišel s mnohem příhodnější klasifikací: podle něj existují pouze dva literární styly – živý a polomrtvý. Nemusíte ani hádat, o který z nich usiluji.“

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