The author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy returns
with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians.
Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore
Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he
loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married
and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the
romance flares up once more.
Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, the two lovers
confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that
both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia
must finally reveal. With poetic, evocative writing and a brilliant
portrait of the international music scene, An Equal Music confirms
Vikram Seth as one of the world's finest and most enticing writers.