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The tenor saxophonist's story / Josef Škvorecký ; translated by Caleb Crain, Káča Poláčková Henley, and Peter Kussi.
LIBRA - Special PG5038.S527 P6613 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012.
- Standardized Title:
- Povídky tenorsaxofonisty. English
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Band musicians.
- Band musicians--Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
- Czechoslovakia--History--Fiction.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Genre:
- Frame stories.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 163 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- The Tenor Saxophonist's Story reveals how all the important things in life are complicated - sometimes hilariously so - by the paranoia of Eastern bloc politics. Misguided romance, jazz, fear and betrayal are at the heart of the stories here, all narrated by a young, idealistic musician. "Truths" cleverly drives home the point that some truths are better left unsaid - especially if one is pursuing a passionate, partisan woman. "A Case for Political Inspectors" demonstrates how fear and hypocrisy can shake even the highest class levels. "Krpata's Blues" confirms that the cost of true love - not to mention your own apartment - can be dear indeed. Brash and lyrical, frightening and comic, this tenor saxophonist's riff will linger in the mind long after the final note is sounded.
- Contents:
- Panta Rei / Peter Kussi
- Truths / Peter Kussi
- Case for political inspectors / Peter Kussi
- How they got nabbed / Peter Kussi
- Little Mata hari of Prague / Kaca Polackova Henley
- Well-screened Lizette / Peter Kussi
- Krpata's blues / Caleb Crain
- Bebop of Richard Kambala / Kaca Polackova Henley
- Till death do us part / Caleb Crain
- Dialogus de Veritate / Peter Kussi.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Škvorecký, Josef. Povídky tenorsaxofonisty. English. Tenor saxophonist's story.
- ISBN:
- 088001461X
- 9780880014618
- OCLC:
- 35526288
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