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The book is not all about Schumann, though. Biss includes also a short review of the works of some of his favourite composers from the 20th and 21st centuries, all of whom, Biss opines, share an ache for the past. This survey includes some not so adulatory observations about Schumann too. There is nevertheless an undercurrent of love and reverence that pervades these critical notes on the life and works of Schumann. It is almost like a doting mother writing about her child, loving the offspring in spite of - or even because of - the child's flaws. In the end, this book may be for some the next best thing to listening to Schumann's music itself. But others, who may not be such great fans of Schuman, may not appreciate and relate to this elegy so much. The book may thus get mistaken for an unrelieved monotone rather than a well-rounded symphony.

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