Status Updates From The No World Concerto

Ok, so I think I understood that the story is about an author writing about a pianist who wants to write a novel about an author writing about a pianist who wants to write a novel etc. etc. That's pretty cool, but I'm on page 31. Does this continue until page 364 or does something new happen?

This is really slow going. I'm going to keep plodding for now, but if it doesn't get my interest further in . . . well, you know.

Is there something about translating Spanish to English that lends itself to very short, matter of fact sentences? Honest question - I speak German and Swahili, not Spanish, so I don't know. So far, this novel is . . . sparse. Spartan, really. Which works for me some times and sometimes really doesn't. It's too early to tell yet.