Joplin''s Ghost : A Novel
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0743449045
ISBN-13
9780743449045
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
Simon & Schuster
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 19th, 2006
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
433 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 13.50 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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From award-winning author Tananarive Due comes this chilling novel about a woman who grew up in an artistic family, and in adulthood is caught under the spell of a long-dead musician.
*From the author of The Reformatory?A New York Times Notable Book of 2023*
In this chilling historical novel that''s part love story, part ghost story, a female singer''s life spins horrifically out of control as a long-dead music legend chooses her to continue his legacy.
When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents'' jazz club when she was crushed by a turn-of-the-century piano. Now twenty-four, Phoenix is launching a career as an R&B singer. She''s living out her dreams and seems destined for fame and fortune. But a chance visit to a historical site in St. Louis ignites a series of bizarre, erotic encounters with a spirit who may be the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.
The sound of Scott Joplin is strange enough to the ears of the hip-hop generation. But the idea that these antique sounds are being channeled through Phoenix? Her life is suddenly hanging in the balance. How will she find her true voice and calling? Can the power of her own inner song give Phoenix the strength to fight to live out her own future? Or will she be forever trapped in Scott Joplin''s doomed, tragic past? Stunningly original, Joplin''s Ghost is a novel filled with art and intrigue?and is sure to bring music to readers'' ears.
In this chilling historical novel that''s part love story, part ghost story, a female singer''s life spins horrifically out of control as a long-dead music legend chooses her to continue his legacy.
When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents'' jazz club when she was crushed by a turn-of-the-century piano. Now twenty-four, Phoenix is launching a career as an R&B singer. She''s living out her dreams and seems destined for fame and fortune. But a chance visit to a historical site in St. Louis ignites a series of bizarre, erotic encounters with a spirit who may be the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.
The sound of Scott Joplin is strange enough to the ears of the hip-hop generation. But the idea that these antique sounds are being channeled through Phoenix? Her life is suddenly hanging in the balance. How will she find her true voice and calling? Can the power of her own inner song give Phoenix the strength to fight to live out her own future? Or will she be forever trapped in Scott Joplin''s doomed, tragic past? Stunningly original, Joplin''s Ghost is a novel filled with art and intrigue?and is sure to bring music to readers'' ears.
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