The Broken String
by Schulman, Grace
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618443703
- ISBN 13
- 9780618443703
- Seller
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Synopsis
One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman’s performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane’s improvisations embody her own heart’s desire to get it right on the first take”; the wind plays a harp-shaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. In the words of Wallace Shawn, When I read her, she makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel that there is so much out there, and it’s unbearable to miss any of it.”
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- Bookseller
- 50000books.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012652
- Title
- The Broken String
- Author
- Schulman, Grace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618443703
- ISBN 13
- 9780618443703
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- MUSIC_POETRY NEW YORK (N.Y.)_POETRY POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literature;