'Anatomically, the heart is just an organ, albeit a marvellous and efficient one, with a vital function to perform. Yet we invest the word ‘heart’ and our concept of it with multiple other meanings some of which are abstract and not well defined. We wear it on our sleeves, it is the centre of things, the heart of the matter. It is, among other things, ‘axiom: gravity well: lightning rod: leitmotif.’ In The Heart’s Lush Gardens David Adès undertakes a poetic exploration of the heart, wandering through its gardens, stopping to pause here and there, trying to view it in its multiplicity.' (Publication summary)
