A tender yet powerful novel of remembrance, loss, and the ways in which art defies death to become the very matter of life--a masterful and emotionally resonant blend of The Red Violin and The Unconsoled. Tokyo, 1938. Four amateur musicians passionate about Western classical music meet regularly at the Cultural Center to rehearse. Yu, a Japanese native, is an English teacher. His fellow musicians, Yanfen, Cheng, and Kang,...