Every good boy does fine : a love story, in music lessons
Denk, Jeremy2023
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In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world's greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall.
Main title:
Every good boy does fine : a love story, in music lessons / Jeremy Denk.
Author:
Denk, Jeremy, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2023.
Collation:
384 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781447294795 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
786.2092920 DENB DENB
Language:
English
BRN:
2580133
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