Stephen Carroll is a popular Australian writer whose novels have won prestigious literary awards; former rock musician, playwright, theater critic. “Venice Twilight is a new book by the author of the “Lovers’ Room”, beloved by Russian readers...On a hot summer day in one of the green suburbs of Melbourne, thirteen-year-old Lucy McBride, dozing off in a garden wicker chair, through her sleep heard someone either sigh or groan - something like a tortured sound turned into the saddest of melodies. Like a somnambulist, she followed the sound, confident that the melody would show her the way to something most important. And indeed, this music was destined to become her life. From that day began her passionate love affair with music, with the cello, with the virtuoso musician Paolo Fortuny, the idol of her childhood. Her journey from Australia to Venice began. The illusory dream became a reality, the sorcerer who bewitched her gained flesh and blood. But what does this promise them - immense happiness or an abyss of despair?