Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Rolls On: Observations Then and Now - Couverture rigide

Conroy, Frank

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 061815468X ISBN 13 : 9780618154685

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Synopsis

For thirty years, Frank Conroy's commentaries on life, music, and writing have appeared regularly in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, and GQ. DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN ROLLS ON collects these pieces into an autobiography in journalistic snapshots. They evoke Conroy's southern childhood, his teen years in New York as a truant hanging out at pool halls and Harlem jazz clubs, his first glimmers of the power of language and the writing life in college, his romantic life, and his experiences as a teacher and as director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Here, too, are profiles of the musicians he has come to know -- and jammed with: Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis, Peter Serkin, even the Rolling Stones.
New essays fill out the collection from Conroy's wry retrospective viewpoint. DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN ROLLS ON is imbued with the honesty, humor, and insight that made his memoir STOP-TIME a classic.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Barking can be interpreted as an unleashed enthusiasm/eagerness...This superb blend of personal essays and journalistic articles certainly proves that...
The Chicago Sun-Times

Uniformly well written, amiable, smart and, in this age of literary narcissism, something unusual: almost wholly self-absorbed, yet self-effacing.
The Washington Post

Conroy combines improvisational oomph with meticulous control when writing about Wynton Marsalis and his own history at the pool table.
Entertainment Weekly

Seemingly effortless, entirely transportive.
Kirkus Reviews

Conroy delivers a running commentary on life in this collection of articles and essays, at once subtle and dazzling...
Publishers Weekly

Highly enjoyable and illuminating..."Dogs Bark" is simply one of the best books published in a long, long time.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Interesting and well-done anthology Library Journal

Présentation de l'éditeur

For thirty years, Frank Conroy's commentaries on life, music, and writing have appeared regularly in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, and GQ. DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN ROLLS ON collects these pieces into an autobiography in journalistic snapshots. They evoke Conroy's southern childhood, his teen years in New York as a truant hanging out at pool halls and Harlem jazz clubs, his first glimmers of the power of language and the writing life in college, his romantic life, and his experiences as a teacher and as director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Here, too, are profiles of the musicians he has come to know -- and jammed with: Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis, Peter Serkin, even the Rolling Stones.
New essays fill out the collection from Conroy's wry retrospective viewpoint. DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN ROLLS ON is imbued with the honesty, humor, and insight that made his memoir STOP-TIME a classic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 061815468X
• ISBN 13: 9780618154685
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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