The Ghost of Frederic Chopin by Eric Faye

Prague, 1995: journalist Ludvik Slany is assigned to make a documentary about a truly bizarre case. Vera Foltynova, a middle-aged woman with no musical training, claims she has been visited by the ghost of great composer Frederic Chopin - and that he has been dictating dozens of compositions to her, to allow the world to hear the sublime music he was unable to create in his own short life. With media and recording companies taking the bait, Ludvik enlists the help of ex-Communist secret police agent Pavel Cerny? to expose Vera as a fraud. Soon, however, doubt creeps in, as he finds himself irrationally drawn towards this unassuming woman and the eerily beautiful music she plays. Could he be witnessing a true miracle? An intricately plotted mystery imbued with the dusky atmosphere of autumnal Prague, The Ghost of Frederic Chopin is an engrossing story of art, faith and the quiet accompaniment of the past.

About the Author
Eric Faye is the prize-winning author of over twenty books of fiction, essays and travel writing. For his fiction he has been awarded the Deux-Magots Prize and the Grand Prix du roman from the Academie Francaise. The Ghost of Frederic Chopin is his eleventh novel.

Reviews
"[The Ghost of Chopin] has the depth and elegance of a nocturne... Eric Faye makes his hero and his story alternate between the meticulous realism of the investigation and a delicate fantasy, quietly opening an unlimited field of possibilities" Le Croix
"A noir novel imbued with mystery and elegance... invites us to discover a Prague, rainy and unsettling, but terribly bewitching" ActuaLitte



Book Information
ISBN 9781782277224
Author Eric Faye
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publisher Pushkin Press
Series Walter Presents