Moderato Cantabile

In Moderato Cantabile, a man murders the woman he loves in a café, witnessed by a crowd. Anne Desbaresdes, intrigued by the crime, keeps returning to the scene and meets another spectator. As the two converse and revisit the event, they become increasingly drawn into an emotional and psychological web that destabilizes their lives. The novel weaves emotion, silence, and inner turmoil through its sparse yet powerful prose.