Unaccompanied Sonata

Unaccompanied Sonata

Infobox short story |
name = Unaccompanied Sonata
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author = Orson Scott Card
country = United States
language = English
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published_in = "Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories"
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publisher = Dial Press
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pub_date = 1980
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"Unaccompanied Sonata" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections "Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories" and "Maps in a Mirror". Nominated in 1979 for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and in 1980 for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Plot summary

A story about no matter how much you take music away from a man driven, you cannot take the man away from music.

ee also

*List of works by Orson Scott Card
*Orson Scott Card

External links

* [http://www.hatrack.com The official Orson Scott Card website]


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