Solo Variations takes you backstage into the glamorous, demanding world of the performing arts, and into the very soul of a young, struggling artist. Twenty-six-year-old Gala, a classically trained oboist, has both the schooling and the talent to excel at her art, yet finds herself incapacitated by fright at every audition. As her friends and boyfriend begin to make their rise in the field, she is left behind, her loneliness and anxiety enveloping her.Frozen, Gala turns to her family for support, but after years of ...
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Solo Variations takes you backstage into the glamorous, demanding world of the performing arts, and into the very soul of a young, struggling artist. Twenty-six-year-old Gala, a classically trained oboist, has both the schooling and the talent to excel at her art, yet finds herself incapacitated by fright at every audition. As her friends and boyfriend begin to make their rise in the field, she is left behind, her loneliness and anxiety enveloping her.Frozen, Gala turns to her family for support, but after years of bitterness and feuding her parents have announced their divorce and are pressuring her to decide between them. Her own love life unraveling as well, Gala is granted the strange freedom of one who has nothing left to lose. She begins an affair that introduces a choice that will redefine the course of her life. Solo Variations tells a moving story about the perils of artistic ambition, the fragility of desire, and the ambiguity of love.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Rounded at the spine ends. Soiled on the bottom edge and (less so) on the fore edge. Also soiled on two of the leaves. Bumped at the bottom corners. The dust jacket is lightly bumped at the spine head and the top corners. Small dent at the back joint.
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BOOK NEW. DUSTJACKET NEW. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's first novel. Not a remainder. GIFT GIVING CONDITION.
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