"Twenty years. Let us measure it in stacks of photographs, in school fees, in shared meals, in the mellow delights of the connubial bed, in hard times shared, in the gnarled-ness of wistaria.
Let us measure it in trust, too heavy to weigh an ounce."
- An Equal Music, Vikram Seth
finally got around to An Equal Music. it's about this violinist, love, classical music, loads of Schuberts, Mozarts, Chopins - you'd think i'd be a complete sucker for such a heady theme (and usually you'd be spot on) but Vikram Seth's style is just a tad too maudlin, too sickly overwrought, even for me.
but as with the opera theme in Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, it's quite fascinating to learn more about classical music. i'm gonna pass the book to Vick, he's a cellist - it turns out he played in the chinese orchestra together with Rei during high school.
a person's countenance can be so unreliable sometimes. but then again, the best part probably lies in finding what's beneath that countenance. cello, cellist. delicate inflections for something so.. unwieldy? but then again, i'm no cellist, who am i to intrude upon a musician and his instrument?
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