The Music School

Adapts the short story of the same title by John Updike about a writer seeking relationships among seemingly abstract feelings and events in his life. Attempts to find meaning in a number of symbols of social change as they are juxtaposed with the fragile but consistently special moments the writer experiences while taking his daughter to her music lessons. Provides an introduction to the sometimes difficult world of abstract contemporary fiction., Adapted from the short story "The Music School" by John Updike. Portrays a contemporary writer's struggle to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school.