DISSONANCE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 14058013B64937
English Summary/英文概要： Dissonance begins with piano practice.
Fifteen-year-old Erwin Hergert is forced to tackle scales and studies for six hours a day by his mother, Madge, who is determined to produce Australia’s first great pianist. To help Erwin focus, Madge has exiled her husband, Johann, to the back shed. Jo is diagnosed with cancer and Madge allows him back inside, but only for long enough to die.
Madge takes Erwin to Hamburg to continue his studies. Erwin prospers in Germany with his new teacher until he meets a neighbour, sixteen-year-old Luise, and finds there’s more to life than music.
Meanwhile, Germany is moving towards war. Late 1930s Hamburg forms the backdrop to an increasingly difficult love-triangle, as Erwin is torn between the piano, Luise, and the demands of his love and devotion to his mother. Soon the bombs, real and imagined, start falling. Marriage and parenthood give way to death, and tragedy. Before long Erwin and Madge are drawn into the horrors of a war that leaves little time for music.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《失衡》以练习钢琴作为故事的开篇。15岁的欧文•海格特在其母亲玛姬的严格要求下，每天必须要练习六个小时的钢琴，而这位母亲决意要将儿子培养成澳大利亚第一个最为了不起的钢琴家。为了达成欧文的这个人生目标，玛姬把丈夫乔安赶至了小屋。直到乔安被诊断出患有癌症时，玛姬才允许丈夫搬进屋内，但留给乔的时间已经所剩不多了。
玛姬带着欧文来到德国汉堡继续他的钢琴求学之路。欧文在他的新老师的指导下，在德获得了空前的成功，直到他遇见了自己的一个澳洲同胞，16岁的路易斯，从此他开始发现生活中有比音乐更为美好的东西。
与此同时，德国正计划着要发动战争。1930年代晚期的汉堡，一段纠结的三角爱恋正在上演，此时的欧文正陷入钢琴和他对路易斯的爱情，和对母亲的忠诚的两难抉择之中。不久，从空而至的炸弹，真实和幻境，开始纷至沓来，婚姻和为人父母在战争死亡面前，显得如此地脆弱。很快欧文和玛姬都将会陷入这场可怕的战事之中，而远处的传来的钢琴声已渐行渐远。
《失衡》是一部关于对玫瑰和珀西•格兰杰‘法兰克福岁月’的一个幻想故事。这是一部关于爱情在极端和具有毁灭性的情况下，人们如何在绝境中求生的一个小说。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Dissonance is a re-imagining of the ‘Frankfurt years’ of Rose and Percy Grainger. This is a novel about love in one of its most extreme and destructive forms, and how people attempt to survive the threat of possession.
‘Orr is a vivid storyteller.’ – Stella Clarke, Weekend Australian
‘Dissonance is a rich, layered and absorbing novel.’ – Suzanne Eggins, Canberra Times
‘Dissonance fascinates to the end.’ – John Paul Newbury, Bonzer
About the Author/作者介绍： Orr曾在多本期刊和雜誌上發表短篇小說，目前是阿德萊德的一名高中教師。
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