Michael Symmons Roberts

Quartet for the End of Time

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ISBN: 9781529967173
Author : Michael Symmons Roberts
Published: 2026
Publisher: Vintage
Number of pages: 304
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 198×130

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‘Wonderful’ Spectator‘This is a remarkable book’ TLSA personal reckoning with grief, doubt, faith and poetry set to one of the most celebrated musical works of the twentieth century, from the award-winning poet and librettist. Strange, ecstatic and apocalyptic – listeners of Olivier Messiaen’s masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time, have been captivated by its music and mythology since the first extraordinary performance in a prisoner of war camp in 1941.After discovering his music by chance as a teenager, Michael Symmons Roberts’s own fascination with the Quartet leads him on a quest to understand its enigmatic power.What follows is a moving, unforgettable exploration of grief, of personal faith and doubt, of the end of time and what may lie beyond it.‘A rich, lively, profound book' Rowan Williams‘An outstanding writer’ Sunday Times

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