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Body and Soul
Body and Soul
Author: Frank Conroy
In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year-old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world. — The setting is 1940s New York, a city that is "long gone, replaced by another city of the same name." Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385319867
ISBN-10: 038531986X
Publication Date: 6/8/1998
Pages: 464
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 1
an excellent novel
queenofeverything avatar reviewed Body and Soul on + 33 more book reviews
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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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Read by my book club with all"thumbs up" reviews.
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I really enjoyed this book.
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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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A minor classic, vastly underrated.


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