Symmetricity - a novel with a soundtrack!
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In 1973, an East German border guard patrolling a quiet section of the Berlin Wall has a strange and powerful experience: walking between apartments separated by the border, he hears piano music coming from either side - beautifully played and perfectly synchronized, as if by a single pianist... As he stands transfixed, he realizes that only he can hear it, from his unique position between the buildings - and between worlds...
Three decades later a young Canadian academic, in the midst of a personal crisis, has come to Berlin to explore his German father's heritage and experience this remarkable city... and finds himself drawn into a series of bizarre co-incidences, uncovering a long-buried family tragedy and profoundly changing his understanding of himself and reality.
'Symmetricity' is a novel with a soundtrack (or perhaps it's an album with really long liner notes) by tobias tinker, with illustrations by Josh Bauman. It's about music, and creativity, and family, and the way the brain works, and the peculiar history of the city of Berlin, and the nature of self and reality. And a lot of other stuff besides. It has been in development for over 5 years.
Symmetricity combines mystery, magic realism and metafiction, along with music that intersects the story itself. It will initially be presented serially, online, in various formats including flash eBook, pdf and other portable formats, podcast and videoblog.
‘Symmetricity’ is a completely independent project. At the moment I am working without public funding or corporate sponsorship of any kind. Which means: I need your support… I realize it’s a bit presumptuous to ask for money up front for something that isn’t finished yet, so instead I’m asking you to consider buying some of my music….
Take what you like and pay what you can afford – you’re buying directly from the artist, with no middleman, and every little bit helps me keep this project going (and occasionally, eat). If you choose the free option, that’s fine too – it’s a gift from me, go with my blessing – but please do use the Share buttons to spread the word through your network, and consider coming back and spending a bit more next time if things pick up a bit…
The Symmetricity project homepage is at Symetrk.com...
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