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Title: Body & Soul by Frank Conroy ISBN: 0-385-31986-X Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (41 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A excellent foray into the life of more-than-just-a pianist:
Comment: I saw the cover. Pretty nice. Didn't bother to read the back (I was hoping it would be a 'find'). I was not disappointed.
I did not stop reading this book from the moment I picked it up. Frank Conroy is an amazing and artful writer. We are immediately drawn into the life of this young boy, soon to be man. We become this young virtuoso and eagerly read on to see what the future holds for us.
This story is the story of a boy who found music and went on to embody it. Like music, he evolves and changes with age, discovering new passions while holding on to older ones. Like music, we discover varying degrees of complexity among his simple overtones. Any one with any sort of passion for music will easily identify with this book. And those who do not may actually find one.
Rating: 5
Summary: I envy those who are about to read this book.
Comment: This read this book years ago, when it first came out, and just reread it for the second time. It's as fresh and true as the first time. The story of Claude, his troubled mother, how he found his way to the piano and thus, the rest of his life has stayed with me as few have. I know nothing about playing the piano, but the way the author describes how a person like Claude hears sounds, the patterns they make and how they influence his music was fascinating. I ran out and bought an Art Tatum tape, thinking I would understand and better appreciate jazz after reading this book, but unfortunately, that was not the case. Any way, another reviewer has described some flaws in the book as far what a real concert musician would or wouldn't have done. I suppose that's the trouble with reading books that have to do with something you have some expertise in---little details get in the way of your enjoyment of it. More's the pity, because this book is a wondrous experience. It will pull you in from the first page and not let you go til you are finished.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great story and writing!
Comment: I read this, then all my teenage children read it, one after the other. Just wonderful. More please from Mr. Conroy. Bravo!
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Title: Stop-Time by Frank Conroy ISBN: 0140044469 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thaddeus Carhart, Thad Carhart ISBN: 0375758623 Publisher: Random House Trade Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Rolls On: Observations Then and Now by Frank Conroy ISBN: 061815468X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 22 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ISBN: 1573222453 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 29 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Midair (Contemporary American Fiction) by Frank Conroy ISBN: 0140089845 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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