{"product_id":"cooper-jeremy-discord","title":"Cooper, Jeremy - Discord","description":"Charting the course of the intense and at times fractious\nrelationship betweenmiddle-aged composer\nRebekah Rosen and the young star-saxophonist Evie\nBennet,Discordis a wry and insightfulexploration of creative\ncollaboration.\nJeremy Cooper, the author ofBrian, returns withDiscord, a subjective journey\nthrough the world of classical music. On a night in August, an audience at\nthe Royal Albert Hall attends the first ever concert ofDistant Voices. The\nProms performance is the culmination of a year's work between the middleaged\ncomposer Rebekah Rosen and the young star-saxophonist Evie Bennet.\nAlternating between both perspectives,Discordcharts the course of their intense\nand at times fractious relationship, the resonances and dissonances both\nwomen find within one another, as well as the struggles and satisfactions that\naccompany an artistic life. At the heart of the novel is an inquiry into the\ngenerative force behind creative collaboration. In what ways does the inexpressible\n- that amorphous space of friction and unity between musicians -\nbecome indelible? And by what process do flawed individuals create works of\ntranscendence? Deeply insightful, at turns poignant and wry,Discordaffirms\nJeremy Cooper's status as one of the most interesting fiction writers at work\ntoday.","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50907747483926,"sku":"RMX-59966","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/6c2866f0989df5447ad3e006fd216184.jpg?v=1767708333","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/cooper-jeremy-discord","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}