Madame Sousatzka

by Bernice Rubens

Book Overview

Madame Sousatzka specialises in child prodigies. In her hands the new boy will blossom into musical genius. But the public cannot hear him yet: until his debut he belongs to Sousatzka and her bizarre... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0349100985
• ISBN13: 9780349100982
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A well- written novel

This is a well- written novel centering on the relationship between a devoted piano - teacher the Madame Sousatzka of the title, and a young aspiring painist. The action takes place largely in the home of Sousatzka where three other colorful characters also live. One is a 'countess' in retirement who spends most of her time sitting and looking at the world, the second is an osteopath whose theories aim to benefit mankind, and the third Jenny is a woman- of- the evening but one of special beauty and delicacy. Sousatzka herself is a woman who came to Britain as a refugee. She has developed her own system for teaching the piano , but herself doubts its efficacy. This is a well- written novel which holds the interest throughout.