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GRACE NOTES
by MacLaverty, Bernard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393045420
- ISBN 13
- 9780393045420
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GRACE NOTES is a compact, luminous, and masterful portrait of a woman composer and the complex interplay between her life and her art. With superb artistry and startling intimacy, celebrated Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty brings us into the life of Catherine McKenna--estranged daughter, vexed lover, new mother, and musician making her mark in a male-dominated field. MacLaverty is the author of CAL, LAMB, and the story collection, WALKING THE DOG. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L56
Reviews
On Dec 5 2017, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Catherine McKenna struggles to pursue her talent of musical composition, a male-dominated field. After graduation from college, she finds herself on a remote Scottish island, immersed in relationship with a difficult man and the mother of a small child. Eventually, however, with the help of a long-time female friend, she escapes the depression that had overwhelmed her, takes her young daughter and leaves, and composes a masterpiece that inculcates the sounds of the Lambeg drums she heard as young woman in Northern Ireland. At the end of this book, I longed to hear the concerto that she had written. The book moved me to write to the author on his website, and he was nice enough to write back.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4412
- Title
- GRACE NOTES
- Author
- MacLaverty, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0393045420
- ISBN 13
- 9780393045420
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- IRELAND FICTION GENERAL COMPOSERS General
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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