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Grand Obsession : A Piano Odyssey by Perri Knize (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100743276396
ISBN-139780743276399
eBay Product ID (ePID)71662288
Product Key Features
Book TitleGrand Obsession : a Piano Odyssey
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicComposers & Musicians, General, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Musical Instruments / General
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPerri Knize
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Reading this book, you want to go out...and learn the piano, or at least visit a shop and stroke one." -- The New York Times Book Review, "[Written] in a wonderfully evocative, lushly romantic style...music lovers will resonate to...[Knize's]...pursuit of a gorgeous sound." -- Publishers Weekly, "Reading this book, you want to go out...and learn the piano, or at least visit a shop and stroke one."--The New York Times Book Review, "[Written] in a wonderfully evocative, lushly romantic style...music lovers will resonate to...[Knize's]...pursuit of a gorgeous sound."--Publishers Weekly, "For me, Grand Obsession was intimately powerful: It changed the way I look at the world." -- The Missoula Independent, "Knize has crafted a poetic tribute to the piano...Warmly recommended for all collections." -- Library Journal, "I was hooked from the first page....this book travels beyond the sphere of mere music."--The Buffalo News, "Knize has crafted a poetic tribute to the piano...Warmly recommended for all collections."--Library Journal, "For me,Grand Obsessionwas intimately powerful: It changed the way I look at the world."--The Missoula Independent, "I was hooked from the first page....this book travels beyond the sphere of mere music." -- The Buffalo News
SynopsisNow available in paperback, the critically acclaimed, "lyrical, analytical, yet deeply affecting" ( The Washington Post ) memoir about one woman's obsessive search for the perfect piano--and about finding and pursuing passion at any age. The daughter of a pro- fessional musician, Perri Knize was raised in a home saturated in classical music, but it wasn't until adulthood that she returned to the one instrument that mesmerized her most: the piano. When, in her forties, Perri decides to buy a piano of her own, she begins by searching for a modestly priced upright, but falls madly, illogically, in love with a rare German grand she discovers in a New York showroom. After a long dalliance, Knize refinances her house to purchase her piano and has the instrument shipped to Montana. But when it arrives, the magical sound that enthralled her is gone, and the tone is dead and dull. One piano tuner after another arrives to fix it, but no one can. Knize sets out on an epic journey to restore the instrument to its rightful sound and to understand its elusive power. This quest leads her into an international subculture of piano aficionados, all intriguing and eccentric characters--concert artists, dealers, technicians, composers, designers, and builders--whose lives have been transformed by the spell of a piano. She even hikes into the Austrian Alps to learn how the special trees used to build her piano are grown and harvested. Beautifully composed, passionately told, Grand Obsession is itself a musical masterpiece--and will resonate with anyone who has ever experienced deeply passionate desire.
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- Mar 17, 2020
Good reading.
Interesting book, espcially when you love pianoes and piano playing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
