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.
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