Synopses & Reviews
Lyrical and evocative,
Sight Reading by Daphne Kalotay is an intense, literary love story.
When Hazel and Remy happen upon each other on a warm Boston spring day, their worlds immediately begin to spin. Remy, a gifted violinist, is married to composer Nicholas Elko, who was once the love of Hazel's life. Over the decades, each buried secrets, disappointments, and betrayals that now threaten to undermine their happiness.
We follow the notes of their complicated, intertwined lives from 1987 to 2007, from Europe to America, and from conservatory life to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Sight Reading, from the author of the acclaimed debut novel Russian Winter, is an exploration of what makes a family, of the importance of art in daily life, and of the role of intuition in both the creative process and the evolution of the self.
Review
"What might have been simply the story of a man leaving his marriage for a younger woman blossoms into much more. ...Kalotay celebrates art in general, even considering what it is and isn't, in prose that is brisk and concise as well as sensuous and sumptuous. ...A fictive musical and familial feast." Booklist (starred review)
About the Author
Daphne Kalotay, author of the international bestseller Russian Winter and the acclaimed fiction collection Calamity and Other Stories, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has taught creative writing at Middlebury College, Boston University and Skidmore College and has received fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo. Visit her online at www.daphnekalotay.com.