Hi, thanks for visiting.
This website is an accompaniment to my novel Grosse Fugue. It's intended to provide some background to it and create a forum for debate, criticism and observations - and, of course, a route to ordering it.
Grosse Fugue was a long time in gestation. I first put metaphorical pen to paper over 15 years ago. I sometimes wonder if, had I known how long it would take to research and write, I might have abandoned it. But when I look it at it now, with its seismic events like two world wars and the Holocaust intermingled with some of the greatest music ever written, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have written a blog series for Bloomsbury's Writers&Artists website on the whole writing and publishing process, viewable online or as a booklet.
Now the novel has been published (by Alliance Publishing Press), I felt it would be a good idea to create this focal site for anyone interested in commenting on the book or finding out more.
And, if you happen to be interested in my commercial work, here's a short narrative portfolio.
Ian Phillips
This website is an accompaniment to my novel Grosse Fugue. It's intended to provide some background to it and create a forum for debate, criticism and observations - and, of course, a route to ordering it.
Grosse Fugue was a long time in gestation. I first put metaphorical pen to paper over 15 years ago. I sometimes wonder if, had I known how long it would take to research and write, I might have abandoned it. But when I look it at it now, with its seismic events like two world wars and the Holocaust intermingled with some of the greatest music ever written, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have written a blog series for Bloomsbury's Writers&Artists website on the whole writing and publishing process, viewable online or as a booklet.
Now the novel has been published (by Alliance Publishing Press), I felt it would be a good idea to create this focal site for anyone interested in commenting on the book or finding out more.
And, if you happen to be interested in my commercial work, here's a short narrative portfolio.
Ian Phillips
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