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(2.33) | 1 | The title of this collection refers to a record album that provides orchestral accompaniment for a person who plays a solo instrument at home. Constructed along the lines of a novel comprised of interwoven narratives, Music Minus One begins in 1950s New Jersey, with Jewish-owned shops along a city avenue, the tensions of the Cold War, and Jane Shore's childhood home above her parents' clothing store. Jane Shore's father, George, who played clarinet and saxophone with the Big Bands of the thirties and forties, figures prominently in this book, along with more intimate music from behind closed doors. The author transfigures the emotional dimensions of her childhood into the experience of her own motherhood, life in Vermont, and a memorable elegy for her mother, Essie. These poems are striking for their jazzy melancholy, structural ambition, and their creation of an autobiography in verse.… (mehr) |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. The writer needs an address, very badly needs an address--that is his roots. --Isaac Bashevis Singer | |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. In memory of my parents Essie Shore (1915-1991) and George Shore (1915-1993) | |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. When I was twelve, I read "The Diary of Anne Frank." | |
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▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf Englisch (1)▾Buchbeschreibungen The title of this collection refers to a record album that provides orchestral accompaniment for a person who plays a solo instrument at home. Constructed along the lines of a novel comprised of interwoven narratives, Music Minus One begins in 1950s New Jersey, with Jewish-owned shops along a city avenue, the tensions of the Cold War, and Jane Shore's childhood home above her parents' clothing store. Jane Shore's father, George, who played clarinet and saxophone with the Big Bands of the thirties and forties, figures prominently in this book, along with more intimate music from behind closed doors. The author transfigures the emotional dimensions of her childhood into the experience of her own motherhood, life in Vermont, and a memorable elegy for her mother, Essie. These poems are striking for their jazzy melancholy, structural ambition, and their creation of an autobiography in verse. ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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