{"product_id":"the-minimalist-hardcover-2","title":"The Minimalist - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKailee Pedersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eTár\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e, this gruesome and unsettling psychological drama is a darkly lucid portrait of a classical composer's descent into madness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the last and greatest student of famed minimalist composer Ryder Wakefield, Mia Voss has long been assured a rise to prominence in the insular world of classical music. When Ryder dies unexpectedly, she inherits everything-including the unfinished manuscript of his final composition, the mysterious \u003ci\u003eDeath Fugue: Music for Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunted by memories of her tragic romance with Ryder's late son, Oliver--like Mia, an Asian American adoptee--Mia leaves her girlfriend behind and returns to Ryder's home to finish his last work. While there to untangle her complex relationship with Ryder, who hid his Jewish and gay identities to become one of the most important twentieth-century American composers, Mia must also contend with her lingering guilt over Oliver's suicide and her own musical ambition as the manuscript begins to exert a disturbing, mesmerizing hold over her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn from the author's own experiences as an adoptee and classical musician, \u003ci\u003eThe Minimalist\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing examination of loss, torment, mental illness, self-harm, and artistic disintegration.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKAILEE PEDERSEN writes haunted, unsettling speculative fiction. She graduated with a BA in classics from Columbia University, specializing in ancient Greek. Kailee was adopted from Nanning, China and grew up in Nebraska, where her family owns a farm. She is the author of the queer poetry chapbook \u003ci\u003ePastorale\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eSacrificial Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2024 and a finalist for Best Horror at the 2025 Libby Book Awards. When not scribbling down her next book, you can catch her studying opera performance at the Mozarteum University, playing video games, or working as a software engineer in New York City.\u003ci\u003e The Minimalist\u003c\/i\u003e is her second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.41 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53908838154547,"sku":"9781250328274","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TdXfPsFaoM9781250328274_5f4815ae-180f-4009-af88-164dd520b356.webp?v=1787828874","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-minimalist-hardcover-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}