YoungManwithaHorn(Dorothy Baker 著)简介、价格

YoungManwithaHorn

作者： Dorothy Baker 著

出版社： NewYorkReviewBooks

出版时间： 2012-09

ISBN： 9781590175774

定价： 118.00

装帧： 平装

页数： 192页

正文语种： 英语

丛书： NewYorkReviewBooksClassics

分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书

内容简介:

RickMartinlovedmusicandthemusiclovedhim.Hecouldpickupatunesoquicklythatitdidn’tmattertotheCottonClubbossthathewasunderage,ortotheguysinthebandthathewasjustawhitekid.HestartedoutintheslumsofLAwithnothing,andheendedupontopofthegameinthespeakeasiesandnightclubsofNewYork.Butwhiletalentanddriveareallyouneedtomakeitinmusic,theyaren’tenoughtomakeitthroughalife.

DorothyBaker’sYoungManwithaHorniswidelyregardedasthefirstjazznovel,anditpulseswiththemusicthatdefinedanera.Bakertookherinspirationfromtheartistry—thoughnotthelife—oflegendaryhornplayerBixBeiderbecke,andthenovelwentontobeadaptedintoasuccessfulmoviestarringKirkDouglas,LaurenBacall,andDorisDay.

作者简介:

DorothyBaker(1907–1968)wasborninMissoula,Montana,in1907andraisedinCalifornia.AftergraduatingfromUCLA,shetraveledinFrance,whereshebegananoveland,in1930,marriedthepoetHowardBaker.ThecouplemovedbacktoCalifornia,andBakercompletedanMAinFrench,laterteachingataprivateschool.Afterhavingafewshortstoriespublished,sheturnedtowritingfulltime,despite,shewouldlaterclaim,being“seriouslyhamperedbyanabjectadmirationforErnestHemingway.”In1938,shepublishedYoungManwithaHorn,whichwasawardedtheprestigiousHoughtonMifflinLiteraryFellowshipAward.ShereceivedaGuggenheimFellowshipin1942and,thenextyear,publishedTrio,anovelwhosefrankportrayalofalesbianrelationshipprovedtooscandalousforthetimes;Bakerandherhusbandadaptedthenovelasaplayin1944,butitwasquicklyshutdownbecauseofprotests.Herfinalnovel,CassandraattheWedding(alsopublishedasanNYRBClassic),examinedtherelationshipbetweentwoexceptionallyclosesisters,whomHowardBakerassertedwerebasedonbothBakerherselfandthecouple’stwodaughters.Bakerdiedin1968ofcancer.

GaryGiddinswasthejazzcriticforTheVillageVoice,wherehiscolumn“WeatherBird”ranforthirtyyears,andispresentlydirectoroftheLeonLevyCenterforBiographyattheGraduateCenteroftheCityUniversityofNewYork.HehascontributedarticlesaboutmusicandmoviestoTheNewYorkTimes,TheNewYorker,TheAtlantic,TheNation,Esquire,TheNewYorkSun,andVanityFair,amongothers.Hehaswrittentwelvebooks,includingVisionsofJazz,whichwontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardin1998,andBingCrosby:APocketfulofDreams.HismostrecentbookisWarningShadows:HomeAlonewithClassicCinema.