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PublisherGallery Books

ISBN-101982104015

ISBN-139781982104016

eBay Product ID (ePID)3050408081

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Book TitleRhapsody

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicLiterary, Biographical, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorMitchell James Kaplan

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.7 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsMitchell James Kaplan pens a lilting, jazzy ballad as catchy as a Gershwin tune, bringing to vibrant life the complicated relationship between classically trained composer Kay Swift and free-wheeling star George Gershwin. Their musical bond is as powerful as their passion, and jazz-soaked gin-drenched Broadway is their playground through the tumultuous years of the Great War and Prohibition. Rhapsody will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisThis fascinating and compelling novel explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine "Kay" Swift., "[A] shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin's star-crossed love." --Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author In the vein of the New York Times bestseller Loving Frank , this fascinating and compelling novel "will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page" (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) as it explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine "Kay" Swift. When Katharine "Kay" Swift--the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition--attends a performance of Rhapsody in Blue by a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin, her world is turned upside down. Transfixed, she's helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George's talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George's death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.

LC Classification NumberPS3611.A656R47 2022