A review by statman
Mozart by Wolfgang Hildesheimer

1.0

This is an English translation of a German book. As Mozart is German, it seems appropriate to read a biography from that perspective. The translation is done well but I find it hard to label this a biography. This reads like a meandering, rambling 400 page essay on Mozart full of the authors opinions and speculations. No chapters, no structure, nothing chronological about it so it was extremely difficult to follow. The assumption is that you are a Mozart lover who knows his music by heart. If that doesn't describe you, you won't get much out of it. I only finished it because it was the only thing I had to read while on the plane.