Body & soul

The Resource Body & soul
Label
Body & soul
Statement of responsibility
Frank Conroy
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Language
eng
Summary
As a boy, Claude Rawlings looks up through the grated window of his basement apartment to watch the world go by. Poor, lonely, supported by a taxi-driver mother whose eccentricities spin more and more out of control, he faces the terrible task of growing up on the margins of life, destined to be a spectator of that great world always hurrying out of reach. But there is an out-of-tune piano in the small apartment, and in unlocking the secrets of its keys, as if by magic, Claude discovers himself. He is a musical prodigy. Body & Soul is the story of a young man whose life is transformed by a gift. The gift is not without price-the work is relentless, the teachers exacting-but the reward is a journey that takes him to the drawing rooms of the rich and powerful, private schools, a gilt-edged marriage, and Carnegie Hall. Claude moves through this life as if he were playing a difficult composition, swept up in its drama and tension, surprised by its grace notes. Music, here, becomes a character in its own right, equaled in strength only by the music of Frank Conroy's own unmistakable and true voice
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technical information on music
Cataloging source
Midwest
Dewey number
813/.54
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
PerformerNote
Read by Eric Martin
Target audience
adult
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