Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest - Softcover

Nisenson, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306806444 ISBN 13: 9780306806445

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1995

Synopsis

It is the summer of 1976 and Salvo Ursari, a man of retirement age, is walking on a taut wire strung between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade centre, almost fourteen hundred feet above the city. Far below him in the gaping crowd stands his wife, Anna, to whom he has made a solemn promise: This wire walk will end his career. In this daring moment, Steven Galloway opens his riveting novel about Salvo Ursari, whose life begins in 1919 amid a Transylvanian boyhood inhabited by gypsy folklore and inspired by the bravery of his persecuted people. Salvo's story moves irresistibly from a tragic fire that envelops his family, to street life in Budapest, where he learns the skills of a wire walker, to the carnivals of Europe and the competitive world of the American circus. Most fulfilled when living with paradox, Salvo feels safest while performing startling feats of balance on a wire high above the dangerous world and most endangered if performing above a net. With compassion, warmth, and blazing originality, Ascension combines jaw-dropping storytelling, and fantastical symbolism with mesmerizing detail of Romany and circus culture, and an unforgettable walk with the amazing Salvo Ursari.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work traces the development of the work of the jazz musician John Coltrane as it moved from hard bop to the freest jazz. It covers the multi-faceted career of the musician, in all its phases.

About the Author:

Eric Nisenson is the author of several jazz books, including The Making of Kind of Blue. He lives in Malden, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0306806444
• ISBN 13: 9780306806445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300