Pentatonic
Penguin Specials (Related to this series)
- Author Jonathan Coe
- Narrator Jonathan Coe
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 28 November 2012
- Run Time 33 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
Pentatonic, written and read by Jonathan Coe, is a daring and original story about family and memory, originally inspired by the accompanying music from Danny Manners.
When a family celebrates the prize-giving day at their daughter's secondary school, thoughts turn to their own childhoods. The father remembers his living room piano recital, recorded on a well-worn cassette tape. The mother remembers her own father's war tragedy. As the father searches for the physical reminder of his past and the mother longs to forget her own, they confront the breakdown of their marriage in the present.
In Pentatonic, Jonathan Coe movingly explores the memories that unite us and the experiences that drive us apart.
This story is also available as a Penguin ebook.
Text by Jonathan Coe
Music by Danny Manners
Produced by Ken Brake at Regal Lane Studios
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| Author | Jonathan Coe |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jonathan Coe |
| Series | Penguin Specials |
| Duration | 33 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241966396 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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