Conroy Frank - Body And Soul A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: Body And Soul A Novel
Author(s): Conroy Frank
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780385319867
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 6/8/1998
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction