Min Kym

I loved Gone. It will stay with me for a long time

A remarkable and original memoir . . . thrilling

Intense, elegiac and completely mesmerizing ... a beautifully pitched memoir which hits many different registers

Riveting . . . her story of bereavement and resilience, and the determination to pursue one's art no matter what obstacles stand in one's way, is as enchanting as Kym's recording of a Brahms concerto

A remarkable story of love and loss . . . Also a gripping thriller that contains a hint of scandal, as well as money, villains and a secret

Fascinating . . . a tragic musical love affair . . . told in admirably lucid and uncluttered prose

A movingly uncertain memoir of obsession, love and loss . . . Kym has an easy, elegant way of describing music

This book makes for a devastating but ultimately redemptive read. It is much more than a story about a lost violin: it is about who we are, how we love, how we grieve

Gone is an extraordinary memoir of violinist and child prodigy Min Kym as she grows to understand her gift

The memoir is both intensely raw- Kym's agony is at times so vivid it is hard to read on- and beautifully crafted

A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been waiting for her . . .' 
 
The thing you live for: Gone. 
 
At twenty-one, violinist prodigy Min Kym found the one - a 1696 Stradivarius. At last she had found her true voice. Together they toured the world, playing to rapt audiences. 
 
But in 2010 Min's violin was stolen at a train station - and suddenly her world collapsed. Unable to play, with little hope of ever finding the instrument that was now an extension of herself, she could see no future. 
 
Yet Min knew that the music was still inside her - if only she could rediscover what she had lost, she might just find herself . . .

Gone

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Praise for Gone

I loved Gone. It will stay with me for a long time

A remarkable and original memoir . . . thrilling

Intense, elegiac and completely mesmerizing ... a beautifully pitched memoir which hits many different registers

I loved Gone. It will stay with me for a long time

A remarkable and original memoir . . . thrilling

Intense, elegiac and completely mesmerizing ... a beautifully pitched memoir which hits many different registers

I loved Gone. It will stay with me for a long time

A remarkable and original memoir . . . thrilling

Intense, elegiac and completely mesmerizing ... a beautifully pitched memoir which hits many different registers

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