Expectation : A Francesca Fruscella Mystery / Jeffrey DeShell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeShell, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Women detectives--Fiction.

Women detectives.

Genre:

Mystery fiction

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : FC2, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the surface a murder mystery-a detective's search for the killer of five people in Denver-Expectation is also, among other things, a meditation on the relationship between language and music.In his newest novel, Jeffrey DeShell draws on the musical innovations of Arnold Schoenberg-by turns traditional, serial, and atonal-to inform his grammar and language. Moving progressively through specific Schoenberg compositions, DeShell complicates the surface of his text into lyrical derivatives, all the while drawing us into a murder mystery like no other as Detective Francisca F

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23; Chapter 2. Vier Lieder op. 2; Chapter 3. Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23; Chapter 4. Verklärte Nacht op. 4; Chapter 5. Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23; Chapter 6. Erwartung Monodram op. 17; Chapter 7. Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23; Chapter 8. Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene (Drohende Gefahr, Angst, Katastrophe) op. 34; Chapter 9. Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23; Chapter 10. Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment op. 47; Note to Readers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57366-843-5

OCLC:

861200351