Description

A curious book that will change your relationship with the heard world

In Listen, Michel Faber’s lifelong passion for music culminates in an intriguing exploration of two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. He muses on the notion of ‘cool’, delves into the rich lodes of commercial and aesthetic worth and interviews a panoply of people who experience music in different ways, unlocking some surprising answers.

Publisher Review

A beautifully written paean to music . . . the best book of its type since Alex Ross’s The Rest Is Noise * * Observer * * A series of finely tuned observations formed from personal memories, nuggets of neuroscience and interviews with musical luminaries * * Guardian * * Fresh . . . Unlike any music book I have read. Often very funny as well as piercingly acute * * Scotsman * * Michel Faber wrote this book just for you — ROBERT FRIPP Praise for Michel Faber: Faber’s writing is so dizzyingly accomplished — KATHRYN HUGHES * * Guardian * * You are unlikely to regret a single hour, day or month spent in Faber’s diverting, exuberant and intelligent company * * Financial Times * * A truly gifted writer, an addictive storyteller with a nuanced command of language * * Literary Review * * Faber writes superbly * * Sunday Times * * Faber has shown that he can write in a breathtakingly wide range of styles * * Scotsman * *