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- THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE , By John Rowell, Simon & Shuster, Inc.
- The Music of YOUR Life
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The Music of Your Life: Stories
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With a voice that is both sophisticated and deeply Southern, first-time author John Rowell evokes the memory of the great Truman Capote in this wonderful collection of short stories, peopled with unforgettable, endearing characters and filled with wry insights.
Drawn from the emotional well of a young man who grew up in love with the glittery, glamorous world of music and movies and theater -- far removed from his own more prosaic life in North Carolina -- and informed with honesty and compassion, the seven short stories that comprise The Music of Your Life mark the impressive debut of a remarkably gifted writer.
Compulsively readable and always accessible, each story takes the reader into the mind and heart of its central character, whether a young boy suffering from Lawrence Welk damage and teetering precariously on the edge of puberty ("The Music of Your Life") or a not-so-young-anymore man for whom fantasy and reality have become a terrifying blur and who finds himself slipping over the edge toward total meltdown ("Wildlife of Coastal Carolina").
Nostalgia plays a part in these stories as a somewhat jaded New York film critic looks back on his life and the movies that shaped him ("Spectators in Love"), and an aging flower-shop owner ruefully assesses the love he found and lost when, as an eighteen-year-old, he embarked on a Hollywood career that never soared but did include one particularly memorable appearance on the I Love Lucy television show ("Who Loves You?").
Sex and sexual identity are also major factors in these stories, as a choir director finds one of his altos trying to play matchmaker for him with a recent divorcée ("Saviors"), and a group of forty-something men find themselves in the awkward company of a lusty bunch of twenty-somethings ("Delegates") and reflect on how surely they were never that age.
These stories, along with "The Mother-of-the-Groom and I," a wonderfully wry look at a failed New York actor who has come home for his brother's wedding and who is given the task of helping his mother find the proper dress for the event, all create entire worlds within which the characters live and struggle to find their way.
Funny, touching, serious, and tender, these are tales sure to appeal to anyone who has ever known the awkwardness of being "different," and while life is often harsh for the stories' characters, the bold determination with which they persevere offers inspiration to all. Crafted with affecting sincerity, The Music of Your Life marks the beginning of what is certain to be an extraordinary career.
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Outstanding Collection of Well Crafted Stories.......2007-04-26
If you are tired of the usual, predictable writing that prevades gay lit today, this is a mature, spirited book you will most likely enjoy. The stories are beautifully crafted and well told. My only criticism is that it was over too soon.
THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE , By John Rowell, Simon & Shuster, Inc........2007-01-12
THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE
By John Rowell $23.00 hardcover.
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Here we go, a one-a and a two-a...this is 'The Music Of Your Life.'
From the music and personalities that made up the Lawrence Welk show, to the childhood atrocities suffered by one ten-year-old boy, author John Rowell with his charming, Southern voice, reminds us of the rites of passage that most of us go through growing up gay. These stories may be a bit different from ours yet they may contain a common theme. John Rowell hits a certain, familiar chord with his imaginative debut novel of The music of your life, by weaving a seamless, nostalgic symphony of seven stories - which uncannily seems to mimic the lives of us who have shared the same kinds of secret obsessions.
In different phases, perhaps of the authorâ(tm)s own life, this wonderfully wrought book offers a cornucopia of bittersweet memories. Beginning with a young boys secret obsession of the 'Lawrence Welk Show he (he has Lawrence Welk damage) relates to, and admires the shows gaiety and pomposity. Later the story segues into the boys ambiguous feelings concerning homosexual overtones in the Batman & Robin TV series that are rendered in the mind of the young lad. Later that night, a mixture of thoughts swim through his mind; and later in the story he goes as far as playacting himself in a soliloquy of imaginings, as a sophisticate at a New York City Gala, sipping martinis or champagne, and eliciting humor, as only an Oscar Wilde can do; or as a glamorous figure, such as Lucy Ball in her ballroom dress. His fantasy turns into just a sheer curtain & old glass filled with ginger ale, when his father in the dark notices his queer play; this daydream is carried onto the school baseball field where the realization of the boys bashing him, doesnâ(tm)t seem to faze him that much, as if it were a cruel rite of passage. In Spectators In Love in the first segment of that story the young boy finds a kind of substantial form that he may call his own; or perhaps it is a kind of Linusâ(tm) security blanket in the form of a Mary Poppins LP; he wants to take it everywhere - there is a certain rite of passage happening; he is finding his identity, so to speak; and relates to Mary Poppins; he must see the movie, and everything concerning the world of Mary Poppins is important. He is at the young age of five, when innocence means not having to be closeted concerning his preferences. Later on in the same story he gets older and graduates to the movie musical Cabaret; Like eating the fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil, he begins to notice his sexually conflicting desires and is grown out of innocence, when two men in the movie peck at each other. He worries about his fatherâ(tm)s reaction and goes into a kind of tunnel-vision stupor. Later when his father reflects on the movie, the boy downplays the movie saying, that it was good, but that it wasnâ(tm)t great; the way that many closeted young boys do when encountering queer things, in which they are embarrassed.
In the Delegates, a group of friends involved in the theatrical world, in which the plays always seem to be centered around good old America: i.e. the plays 1776, Damn Yankees (about the team of course); and concerns like how the theatrical aficionados discuss inanities such as Patti LuPones' loss of the Norma Desmond Role in Sunset Boulevard by Glen Close; something tantamount to the discussing of Cher's or Madonna's change of hair style - but much like sports talk, these items are necessary for topics of conversation in the theatrical community. The group meets up at Mildew Manor every year like a kind of secret society; this ritual is an aspect of their group, something that is just done traditionally. In "The Mother-of-the-Groom and I, Hampton, who is unemployed and unmarried, suffers a form of shame when he comes from Mullins, North Carolina to New York, to help his mother shop for a dress for his brothers wedding - which because of being 33 and still single; makes him feel more unloved. There is a generally campy feel to this story that will keep the reader entertained.
In Wildlife of Coastal Carolina, a man goes into self-imposed exile and suffers numbness, (which is really guilt and lamentation) after a missed opportunity to save a young boy. This poignant tale is definitely worth reading. One does not have to be gay to find great enjoyment in reading book, as it touches upon a truth that anyone will find familiar. John had to write this novel for himself and us; it is much too important for it not to have been written. It is somewhat difficult; to go much deeply into that which encompasses this totem of wonderfully told tales without thinking about our own lives. Get the book and hum a few bars. I am gleefully looking forward to anything else Mr. Rowell writes
The Music of YOUR Life.......2006-01-09
John Roswell's book of short stories is a true tour de force. The first story raises the question - what is the music of YOUR life? Is it Cosmic Fabulosity or is it Valley of the Dolls? Or is it Supercalifragalisticexpioladocious? Or is it a bit of each of these, mingled into the complex symphony of our own lives? Roswell uses music and a strong sense of gay sensibility to open our eyes and lift us to a higher level of self-consciousness.
And, oh yes, these stories are fun, filled with camp humor and tenderness. I am really glad I picked up this book and recommend it highly.
Mainly Impressive Collection.......2005-03-09
John Rowell's stories are nostalgic. The Music of Your Life is a very bittersweet collection about being young and about being old, often in the same story. The collection may end on a weak note, "Wildlife of Coastal Carolina", but until then it is very strong with all the stories connected by the lead character being gay and southern, and all that may imply. Characters from pop culture wander through either in person, such as, memorably, Lucille Ball, or flickering on the television or movie screen, such as Lawrence Welk or Julie Andrews, but the focus never wanders away from the main character. The author is strongest when a character is looking back to the past from the present. These moments are very touching even when, maybe even particularly, not much of great import is occuring. It is a wonderful short story debut.
Common Themes plus Uncommon Style = Literature.......2005-01-21
These stories, it was said, repeat themes already written about. Well, "Duh," so did Shakespeare. Literature is not the What, it's the How. And these stories are dynamic artistry with a toned voice. Not "telling" or prosaic, pondering, ponderous, plodding, author-intrusive. Instead, "showing" or a suave crafted re-creation of a world which lets us readers actively participate in real-izing...
Sure, it's been told about how some gay men were stereotypical sissy-boys, in love with high heels and musicals at age ten. But what of the father in the family? Never better sketched than in "The Music Of Your Life." Ray is well-meaning but spooked by "this problem son" who "does and says things in a way that you despise...hints at behavior you want to part of..." But you "regret bitterly that you feel this way, because you see that other people...appreciate things about him that you can't/won't/don't." This gender-role-identity pain is conveyed poignantly via its suave control.
Okay, it's been told how at least earlier, a young man is gay, realizes it, experiences sex but also true love with another male-but then gets kidnapped. Lets himself get shanghaied, stolen, spirited away by the internalized homophobia which makes him nervously flee that tender advisable good. To resist deny evade it, by straight-marriage. (Death of love and hence one's life, and by psychic suicide too.) But Rowell's "Spectators in Love" tells it superbly (by the man's former lover, years later.) With the extra added ending enrichment of the lover's coming to a cosmic cameo of resolved acceptance of-much..... (Wherein, "minority" literature can attain major, general-human significance.)
Okay, it's been told about family relations. Or rather quasi-relations, semi-relations between gay or lesbian child (covertly Outside) and traditional parents (uneasily Inside). But never better than in "The Mother-of-the-Groom and I." Here a gay man helps his mother shop for a dress for the wedding of his only sibling, his heterosexual brother. And the artful coda; a resolution satisfying but realistic too...
Okay, it's been told the precarious quality of the inter- and intra-personal life of the homosexual male living (1) as a male with male sexuality, and (2) relating with other similar males. Can we say jealousy and competition unleashed from heterosexual conventions, sexism as in favoring the sexy, and this involves also ageism rampant, plus the issue of loneliness and isolation on personal and social levels, and the like? Probably we could say. Again it's been told, but scarcely more poignantly than in "Delegates" as well as "Who Loves You?" Both attaining to artistry, the "aesthetic distance" draining out the mere acid of pain, distilling into the elixir of insight.
Two other stories complete this six-pak with lagniappe. For good gay-minority short stories, read this book. For short stories superior in artistry and insight, read this book.
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By far the most comprehensive work available on the extraordinary Lester Young, You Just Fight For Your Life is the jazz enthusiast's dream come true. Meticulously researched and teeming with previously unpublished information, this book accurately recreates the life and character of one of the world's greatest jazz musicians. Historian Frank Buchmann-Moller crafts a full length biography exclusively for Lester Young fans focusing on Young's philosophy of life, his exceptional ability as a bandleader, and his sharp wit. Through the examination of army psychiatric reports, interviews with fellow musicians, and concert reviews, You Just Fight For Your Life tells the story of this gifted yet troubled musician. Beginning with his childhood, the book accurately chronicles the many bands in which Lester Young played prior to joining Count Basie in 1936. Through countless interviews with Young's peers, the book recounts the Basie years and the spicy stories of life on the road. The author includes new information about Young's own first band and follows this with details of his military experience. The final chapters deal with his years as featured soloist. Two appendices list all of Young's jobs from 1919-59 and his own bands chronologically as well as all musicians with whom he played. Now Lester Young followers have a full length biography valuable not only as a reference but for its recreation of a fascinating life.
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- Imparative for lovers of the so called "free jazz"
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As Serious As Your Life: The Story of the New Jazz
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Imparative for lovers of the so called "free jazz".......1998-03-09
This is absolutely the best piece of literature written about this music. It moves well beyond just another "documentary" piece, and gets inside the lives of the great musicians that create this music. This book is definately As Serious As Your Life!!!
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Vain Command
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Packed with amazing stories, tasting notes for the world's finest chocolates, history, myths, recipes, and "chocolate philosophy," this charming book will inspire you to become a bona fide connoisseur.
Chocolate. We all love it. We know what we like, and we're pretty sure it's naughty. But have you really, truly explored the wonderful world of fine chocolate? Few people know as much about chocolate as Chloé Doutre-Roussel, and in this unique book she shares her knowledge of this much-loved food and her passion for it.
In The Chocolate Connoisseur, you will:
- learn how to tell the difference between "good" and "bad" chocolate
- discover wonderful new brands to savor and enjoy
- marry your favorite brands to your mood and time of day
- learn to taste chocolate like a connoisseur
Today, the popularity of gourmet chocolate bars is soaring as we are introduced to the delights of single-estate cocoa beans, bars labeled according to bean variety and origin, and cocoa nibs. Chocolate-tasting societies and evenings are springing up everywhere. Like drinking fine wine or good coffee, chocolate is an experience not to be missed. This perfectly packaged little pink book about chocolate, one of the world's most delicious treats, is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day-or for any chocolate lover in your life.
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Like all things, an acquired taste.......2007-05-25
I read other posted reviews of this book, then checked it out of the library. Far from being "autistic" on any level, the author is (as she admits, herself) lovingly obssessed with chocolate. She refers to herself and her own experiences only to provide the reader with a frame of reference.
This book is a terrific introduction to the world of premium chocolate, especially the richer, higher-cocoa-percentage chocolates now appearing in better stores. While I would've liked more references to external sources concerning the history and current status of chocolate, to support her facts, I found this book extremely useful for preparing a small seminar on chocolate and chocolate tasting. I highly recommend the book.
Autistic voice.......2007-02-17
I believe the author is probably a high functioning autistic. It's not egomania, it's a brain that's wired differently. I agree that it makes for dull reading: " I....I....I..." The lack of social and historical perspective is a possible indicator for autism, along with the pedantic tone and the very narrow focus. There are many other books on chocolate that are much better, if it's chocolate you want to learn about.
Perfect.......2007-02-13
I really enjoyed this book.
Ms. Doutre-Roussel has a light-hearted style of writing that made this book an easy read. At the same time, she drew me in from being moderately interested in premium chocolate to being seriously interested. Sure, it doesn't have every possible detail of the history or manufacturing or other topics within the world of chocolate - but this book wasn't meant to be exhaustive.
She assumes the reader is not an experienced chocolate lover, and therefore does a good job of explaining many things simply. I appreciated the diagrams of tasting, the handful of recipes, the simple timelines of chocolate history, and more.
This book is an excellent stepping stone for a budding chocolate conoisseur and probably just right for the person moderately interested in chocolate.
Ms. Doutre-Roussel also clearly states her opinions about the kinds of chocolate that she adores and the "chocolates" she doesn't. She repeatedly emphasizes the point that you have to discover your own opinions about chocolate. I found it easy to not be offended or turned off by how she grew up, how much chocolate she eats in a day, and other more personal items. Rather, I just read the book for what it is meant to be - an enjoyable education.
Well done!
Great.......2006-08-13
I adore this book. At the core of The Chocolate Connoisseur is a true passion for the subject and a completely selfless wish to share it. It tells the history of chocolate as well as the science behind it in a way that is compelling and interesting. But its strongest point is Chloe's encouragement to form your own opinion and deepen to your appreciation and pleasure - great life lessons indeed. That's what food writing is all about.
woof........2006-06-23
is the title a joke that i haven't been let in on? this book is an ego trip and very little else. if you are looking for history, gastronomy, or any other useful info or writing about chocolate, go somewhere else (try sophie coe, chantal coady, maricel presilla, mort rosenblum and others).
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a must for any chocolatier.......1999-01-19
Visually, this book is outsanding. It shows very traditional european chocolates and some of the more modern american chocolates. it has a brief history of chocolate and chocolate production, which is very informative.
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The Making of a Chocolate Connoisseur
Ronn Edmundson
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A fine fascination for a natural phenomenon constitutes the essential commencement of a life as a connoisseur. A fascination with chocolate women starts at an early age and provides the quintessential spark for a life's creative work.
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Getting tired of the local restaurant scene, not to mention the expense of eating out? Here's the ideal recipe for satisfying your appetites,---a cookbook that helps couples create tantalizing, romantic meals together.
DINNER DATES features a series of delicious and elegant, yet simple menus that take two people step by step through the preparation of wonderful five-course meals, from shopping and equipping the kitchen to dividing up the tasks required for assembling the menu.Accessible to any level of culinary expertise, the directions for each recipe are shared by " Chef Uno" and "Chef Due" and are choreographed so that cooking is a pleasurable joint undertaking as creative and fun as the dining experience itself. From mouth-watering pastas and succulent seafood to picnics and paella, here is a wide array of menus to please a variety of taste buds -- two by two.
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$99- what!?!.......2007-03-15
I have this cookbook and I love it and want to buy it for another couple. The recipes are really fun, very good, and well organized. But $99-- what the heck? Doesn't anyone sell a new copy of this for less??
Fun and easy.......2003-08-19
I was delighted that the timing and food worked out so well. I typically have a tough time serving everything hot at the same time. While we were enjoying our dinner, the poached pears were simmering on the stove. Fantastic!
best sex ever.......2002-06-07
We barely made it through the first course. Just reading the recipes aloud to one another set our buns on fire. A saucy melange of ingredients, arrayed ever so sensually on the table before us, made this a VERY SPECIAL NIGHT. A little simmer, then a rolling boil! Here's some advice: Have your lover keep the cooking mits on... Looking forward to future editions with: cooking for one, cooking for 3, and cooking for groups recipes. Try the spicy wraps!
Fun at home!.......2002-01-23
This book really brought my boyfriend and I into the kitchen together. Now, every meal is a pleasure instead of work (he even cooks me dinner a few nights a week)! We've learned to take time and enjoy it. Cooking is fun and every moment together should be just that. Pay close attention when you're told to toast your date while cooking. Romance in the kitchen can happen thanks to Martha!
best book ever!.......2002-01-07
my new husband and i adore this book! i have given it as a gift to so many of our couple friends. the pages are worn and spattered with food as we fight over the book while cooking all the delicious meals together. my husband, who doesn't like to cook, loves preparing these meals with me! he loves the way it all comes together at the end, and we dont have to determine who does what, its all detailed for chef 1 and chef 2. we have had so many wonderfully romantic and fun nights together thanks to this book. my only complaint is that there's not a dinner dates 2, 3, 4 etc. we are almost done with this book and would love to buy more!
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Collecting and Restoring Antique Bicycles
G. Donald Adams
Manufacturer: Motorbooks International
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THE source for everyone interested in antique bicycles-admiring them, or riding along in style! Finally, the most authoritative and sought after reference book for the antique bicycle collector is available again. A comprehensive sourcebook for everyone from the beginning hobbyist to the advanced collector, this new second edition provides a complete overview of these marvelous machines. Packed with 350 illustrations and photos, this book covers the development of the bicycle from the earliest 1817 hobby horse, through the elegant high-wheelers, tri- and quadricycles, to safety bicycles and interesting 20th century models. The new edition includes:
-Tips on locating antique bikes, and determining their condition and authenticity.
-How to ride the several varieties of high-wheel bicycle.
-Detailed information on early manufacturers, models, and design features.
-The first appearance of drive shafts, rack and pinion steering, differential gears, multi-speed gearing, band brakes É all invented for the bicycle!
-Restoration versus preservation, including when and how to strip and re-paint.
-The antique bicycle club movement, and the growing interest in collecting antique and special interest bikes.
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Collecting & Restoring Antique Bicycles
G. Donald Adams
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Beautiful.......2003-01-15
I am in the process of making and decorating my first birdhouse from this book. I chose the Mercantile.I have just barely started by I am already enjoying it immensely.
This is a beautifully done book........2000-02-28
I received this book as a gift because I love birdhouses and I am always talking about trying to build some of my own. When I would see a really cute birdhouse I always say "I could build this" so my friend got tired of me saying this and gave me this book, and said now you can build as many as you want. Thanks for a really good birdhouse book, I love it. Housewife in Iowa
Beautiful Birdhouses.......1999-12-09
I purchased 3 of these books, one for myself, one for my daughter and one for my daughter-in-law. Everytime I would see beautiful birdhouses like these, I would think,I would love to try and make them, now I can. The directions are so well done it seems impossible to make a mistake. The church will be my first project. Thanks again.
Words from the author, Joyce Rice.......1999-09-28
The reason for writing this book came from all the requests to purchase one of my birdhouse creations. I make one of a kind birdhouses and had no desire to mass produce them. I am a self taught artist and woodworker. Whenever I made a birdhouse I would draw the design on the wood, cut it out and then draw and paint the design on every individual birdhouse. It took me a year to write this book because I wanted to make it possible for everyone to own one of my original birdhouse designs. With precise prints and painting instructions I felt poeple could make many birdhouses, by changing around the window treatments and house designs, or the eleven birdhouses in the book could be made exactly as featured showing all sides from start to finish of all the houses. I wrote this book using an old fashion typewriter and took all my own pictures. I toiled over the prints of each birdhouse for many hours so the majority of them could be made with basically the same width of boards. I tried to make this as simple as I could to demonstrate painting stones, bricks, flowers, stained glass church windows, and frilly curtains. I have been told by people who purchase my book that it is one of the most thoroughly explained and pictured birdhouse books they have ever found. I am very pleased because it was what I wanted people to feel when they opened the pages. The birdhouses in this book have been put on display in an art gallery and public functions and have received rave reviews. I hope the people who buy my book get hours of enjoyment making them and displaying them, and the answer is yes I do put mine outside for the birds to enjoy. I explain in the book how the houses can be built to remove the back for cleaning. I wanted my readers to feel they had ended up with a true masterpiece when they were finished, a birdhouse they could keep of give as a gift. This probably explains why it took me a year to write it.
Prettiest little houses you'll ever see........1999-09-09
Most of us can cut and nail boards but who would of thought I could build something that looks like art. Houses look great and the birds can't wait to move in.
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Bedlinens (Chic Simple)
Kathryn Livingston
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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New British Graphic Designers (Art Random, No 66)
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Highly acclaimed when it was first published in 1967, Frederic Ewen's monumental biographical study of Bertolt Brecht has long been out of print. In response to national demand, Citadel Press is proud to reissue this complete and unabridged text.
Of "Bertolt Brecht: His Life, His Art, His Times, the critics wrote:
"The finest critical study of Brecht to date. This book is at least a worthy appreciation of a towering, poetic and dramatic genius." -Los Angeles Times
"What is particularly striking about Frederic Ewen's biography is that it conveys the excitement, the turmoil and triumph of Brecht's career." -The New York Times
"The great thing about Frederic Ewen's luminous biography is that it gently frees Brecht from the bear hugs of the bigots and restores him to us as a whole man, his youth contained in his age." -The Nation
Customer Reviews:
From the Publisher-.......2004-11-11
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Highly acclaimed when it was first published in 1967, Ewen's monumental biographical study of Bertolt Brecht is "the finest critical study of Brecht to date. . . . a worthy appreciation of a towering, poetic and dramatic genius" ("Los Angeles Times").
BERTOLT BRECHT BY EVEN IN SPANISH.......2002-08-18
I am peruvian and I read the book in Spanish, thanks to a friend who bought it in Buenos Aires.
I am a Bertolt Brecht's researching friend. This is the way I considered him: like a living one working for the theater.
I found the book nearly excellent...but too much condescending at the "human valorization" of our beloved friend. Ewen looks throught his appreciations too much "innocent" in that respect.
And I have a big question. Ewen says that Brecht "got a Medicin degree".
I do not know if this are translation problems but it is the first time (and I search about living Brecht since 1968)I heard about it....
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