PRAISE

"A nuanced portrait of a musician deeply engaged in the complexities of her art …intelligent and affecting…Hoffman writes about music and musicianship with poetry and precision, wit and melancholy."—The New York Times Book Review

"Appassionata is a serious pleasure, a meditation on character, society, the world and beauty."—The Washington Times

"Hoffman's prose is reliably gorgeous…what's memorable is the way Hoffman maps the intersection of art, history and man's striving for meaning."—Publishers Weekly

"An exquisite and disquieting story of love, terror, and loss, with geopolitical resonance and a profound moral calculus."—Booklist