Restrung

Violinist Vijay Guptas searing memoir of prodigy, ambition, collapse, and renewal reveals how music is not just performance but also survival, a lifeline of human connection – for readers of Jeremy Denk’s Every Good Boy Does Fine, Hua Hsu’s Stay True, and Patrick Bringleys All the Beauty in the World.

‘Every page burns with moral convictionAlex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise

By age 25, Vijay Gupta had lived several lifetimes: he played Carnegie Hall at eight, studied at Juilliard and Yale before most had finished high school, joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at nineteen, and launched a nonprofit. But behind the accolades was estrangement, addiction, and a private unravelling.

Restrungfollows him through the shimmering world of elite orchestras, into the depths of burnout, and ultimately toward an unexpected reawakening as