This tall, spectral figure, glowing green and self-illuminated, approaches the grand piano and pats it like an old car that has always served well over the years, and is expected once again to get us to our destination.

A captivating and imaginative novel that confronts contemporary issues with a mix of poignant humor and a sharp, romantic vision of the power of art in an extreme, precarious world.

A Western-Icelandic composer recounts a concert he organized in the Grand Auditorium of the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, where the late pianist Horowitz reprised his 1986 recital from the Moscow Conservatory. The event is a resounding success, and our protagonist begins to plan a concert tour.

However, when the COVID-19 pandemic strikes, those plans are derailed. Quarantined in Belgium, he narrates the preparations for the concert and reflects on giants and extraterrestrials, peace and freedom, migration and dislocation.