Body and Soul : A Novel
by
Frank Conroy
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
038531986X
ISBN-13
9780385319867
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Imprint
Random House USA Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 8th, 1998
Print length
464 Pages
Weight
392 grams
Dimensions
13.40 x 20.20 x 3.00 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year-old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world.
The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same name." Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and rhythm, Body & Soul brilliantly evokes the life of a child prodigy whose musical genius pulls him out of squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage.
But the same talent that transforms him also hurtles Claude into a lonely world of obsession and relentless ambition. From Carnegie Hall to the smoky jazz clubs of London, Body & Soul burns with passion and truth--at once a riveting, compulsive read and a breathtaking glimpse into a boy''s heart and an artist''s soul.
The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same name." Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and rhythm, Body & Soul brilliantly evokes the life of a child prodigy whose musical genius pulls him out of squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage.
But the same talent that transforms him also hurtles Claude into a lonely world of obsession and relentless ambition. From Carnegie Hall to the smoky jazz clubs of London, Body & Soul burns with passion and truth--at once a riveting, compulsive read and a breathtaking glimpse into a boy''s heart and an artist''s soul.
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