Summary of A Bach Concert
āA Bach Concertā is a Romanian family saga centred on the Hallipa family, revolving around a Bach concert organised for Bucharestās high society in the years following the First World War. The novel is a classic of Romanian literature.
Reasons to read A Bach Concert
āA Bach Concertā is part of the Hallipi-cycle of novels by the Romanian author Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu. She was a renowned and successful writer during the interwar period. Yet after her works were banned by the Communist regime, she faded from public memory and died impoverished and alone in 1955.
Setting: Bucharest (Romania)
Original title: Concert din muzicÄ de Bach
Year of publication: 1927
Nr of pages: 224
