Tartini's Rest
Description
"Without Contraries is no progression." - William Blake
Bertram and Eustace are brothers. Bertram is extroverted, practical, a celebrity and a social success. Eustace is introverted, scholarly and shyly oblique. They understand neither themselves nor one another. Instead, they tell one another stories.
Only two people see through their defences: their cousin Mimi, a retired violinist who lives in 'Tartini's Rest', and Kariba, a literary genius from Africa, Bertram's nemesis and Eustace's fraternal friend...
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Eustace to Bertram, Padua, November 1st, 2012
Bertram to Eustace, Las Vegas, November 2nd, 2013
Six Tales told by Eustace:
Tea at the Mosque
Pétrouchka and the Moor: A Ballet
Kariba's Fall
Murder at Aix
Chintz!
Kariba's Last Stand
Six Tales told by Bertram:
The Man Who Could Not Tell Tales
Sergius Addy and the Foreign Aid Machine
Nok Nok
The Famous Novelist of Fife
Come Up and Be Dead
Notes from Overground: A Grandfather's Tale
A Tale Told by Eustace, Bertram and their cousin Mimi:
A Finished Symphony.
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