Blinding Moment: Four Pieces About Composers

by Gert Jonke, Vincent Kling (Translator)

Composing prose, poetry, and plays with all the virtuosity of a consummate musician, Gert Jonke takes the works of four composers (plus a universally loved saint) as the starting points of profound but often hilarious explorations of human struggle and triumph, of spiritual yearning and fulfillment.

Includes:
The Head of George Frederick Handel
Catalogue d'oiseaux
Gentle Rage, or The Ear Machinist
Blinding Moment

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Gert Jonke was an Austrian poet and playwright.

Reviews

[Michel Castagné · Rating 5 out of 5]

The main attraction here is the 50-page novella that gives the collection its title. I didn't really enjoy the other pieces all that much.