Disturbance Of The Inner Ear

Days after Isabel Masurovsky arrives in Italy with her elderly teacher and lover, he dies in their hotel room, leaving her stranded. A former prodigy cellist, she bluffs her way into a job teaching Clayton Pettyward, the tone-deaf son of a strange, miserly millionaire.

Soon Isabel discovers the remarkable instrument Clayton's father is hiding-a legendary Savant cello that was confiscated by the Nazis and never returned. And just as the Savant is an instrument imbued with musical history, so Isabel is unable to escape from her past. He father Yuri, a world-renowned pianist, survived the concentration camp Theresienstadt by playing for his captors. Ever since his death, Isabel has been unable to perform.

Disturbance of the Inner Earis a story of two unlikely soul mates; of inherited trauma healed by passionate love. Dazzling musical language, profound compassion and a spellbinding voice combine to produce a fiercely original novel from an exciting new literary talent.