{"product_id":"9781529967173","title":"Quartet for the End of Time : On Music, Grief and Birdsong by Michael Symmons Roberts","description":"`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\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369011491189,"sku":"9781529967173","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529967173.jpg?v=1763551720","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529967173","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}