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Body & Soul
Body Soul
Author: Frank Conroy
ISBN-13: 9780440217893
ISBN-10: 044021789X
Publication Date: 12/22/1996
Pages: 544
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Island Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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queenofeverything avatar reviewed Body & Soul on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book really surprised me. I was expecting a summer fluff piece and instead I was drawn into the world of music. I have had 10 years of classical piano but this book showed me that to have musical genius is a world apart from the average person taking music lessons. I was enthralled as to the mindset of how geniuses feel and "see" music . I could not put this down.
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Helpful Score: 1
an excellent novel
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Read by my book club with all"thumbs up" reviews.
seagoat avatar reviewed Body & Soul on + 12 more book reviews
A minor classic, vastly underrated.
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This is a beautifully written story of a boy growing into manhood. I agree with THE BOSTON GLOBE that this is "A tour de Force."
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I really enjoyed this book.
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The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same mane." 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 a squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage. But the same talent that transforms him also hurtles him 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.