Ravel : a novel
Echenoz, Jean2009
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The author tells the story of an ageing musical genius entering the last decade of his life. Maurice Ravel is voyaging across the Atlantic on a luxury liner in 1927 to begin a triumphant tour across America. Along the way, as the novel offers a slice of the history of American entertainment, he meets Stravinsky, Satie, Bartok and Gershwin.
Main title:
Ravel : a novel / Jean Echenoz ; translated by Linda Coverdale.
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Imprint:
New York : New Press ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009.
Collation:
192 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781595581150 (hbk)1595581154 (hbk)
Dewey class:
843.9'14
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
961577
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