by Richard Mason · Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verla · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499247378
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«Minutenwalzer» is the novel by Richard Mason, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback, in German.
The novel alternates the voices of Joan, an octogenarian pianist who escapes her admission to a care home by taking refuge in an inner world linked to music, and of Eloise, her daughter, a high-risk fund manager fighting a desperate financial battle. Their journey to South Africa, the land of Joan's childhood, will make their memories and their urgencies intertwine.
German translation by Judith Schwaab; the work was originally published in 2008 and this German edition in 2010.
For readers of literary and historical fiction who enjoy complex characters and themes such as memory, ageing and mother-daughter relationships.
Richard Mason was a printer and author. He is believed to have been a native of Herefordshire, but settled in Tenby, Wales.
