The Great Passion

by James Runcie

Book Overview

From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach's writing of the St. Matthew Passion.

In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old, struggling with the death of his mother and his removal to a school in distant Leipzig. Despite his father's insistence that he try not to think of his mother too much, Stefan is haunted by her absence, and, to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635570689
• ISBN13: 9781635570687
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"