Aya Eiden, now 20, was an up-and-coming pianist when her mother died seven years earlier and hasn't played professionally since. However I loved that we followed a piano competition, but just like the circus in The Night Circus is the main event but not the overarching element in the story, the competition here is the thread that binds it all together but is not completely the focus of the story either.

To daje odbiorowi nową jakość, pozwala delektować się słuchanymi dźwiękami i spojrzeć na znane utwory muzyki poważnej świeżym okiem, z nowej perspektywy. Fiquei muito comovida com esta característica do livro e dei por mim a chorar ao ler algumas partes, não de tristeza porque não é um livro triste, mas de felicidade por eles, por tudo o que alcançaram ao longo das 2 semanas.Acompanhamos ao longo de duas semanas uma competição de piano, observamos a pressão deste mundo mas também o modo como a música os irá inspirar a querer ser melhores. Honeybees and Distant Thunder follows the course of a prestigious international piano competition and some of the remarkable pianists who are competing for their own various, deeply felt reasons. Though Honeybees and Distant Thunder is centered around the Yoshigae International Piano Competition, a fictional contest set in a rural seaside town, the story is strongly character-driven. The names for the chapters often didn’t make sense to me because they included a classical piece name (as it’s the focus of the story), but it wasn’t distracting.

Expect a wave of visceral reactions as you read — especially if you are a creative yourself — as the vivid depictions of human emotions and the musical pieces that move them work their magic. Set in a dystopian near future, Ng’s outstanding third novel envisages a draconian US in which Asians and Asian-Americans are treated with mistrust, contempt and violence. This was a thoughtful presentation of life as a competition pianist that also dwelt deeply on the nature of music and the different ways it can be both performed and perceived. What we get instead is an intensely interior look at the friends’ psyches and relationships, and it’s utterly enthralling.It’s a cut-throat and terrifying industry, and unless you come from a wealthy household, it would be difficult to begin and continue playing. He then follows her to her practice room and they play together, which completely changes the meaning of music for her. JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses. Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published. Niejednokrotnie zawarte przez nią w książce refleksje były bardzo zbliżone do moich i pokusiłabym się nawet o stwierdzenie, że nigdy jeszcze nie spotkałam się, żeby ktoś pisał o muzyce w tak piękny sposób, ukazując całą jej wielkość i wpływ, który może mieć zarówno na słuchacza, jak i wykonawcę.