The fisher king
a novel
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Word Count
55,500 words, Guess
Page Count
222 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6781230M
- ISBN-100684872838
- OCLC Control Number43599192
- OCLC Control Numberfisherkingnovel00mars
- Library of Congress Control Number00028470
and 2 more
- LibraryThing296566
- Goodreads1625054
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3563.A7223 F57 2000
Description
"In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a black jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family's disapproval of his art and the racism that shadowed his career. His spectacular success in Europe and his subsequent death there form the dramatic background of Paule Marshall's fifth novel, a moving and revelatory story of jazz, family conflict, and the artist's struggles in society.". "Decades after Sonny-Rett left, his eight-year-old Parisian grandson is brought to his old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in Payne's honor. The child's visit reveals the persistent rivalries within the family and the community that drove his grandfather into exile." "Will the young boy be a harbinger of change and reconciliation or a pawn in the power struggle of those who now wish to claim him in Sonny-Rett's name?"--BOOK JACKET.
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