The Pianoplayers - Softcover

Burgess, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671637924 ISBN 13: 9780671637927

Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm), 1987

Synopsis

Following the death of her father, an irregularly employed pianist, Ellen Henshaw becomes a high-class prostitute in Paris during the 1930s and then founds a chain of schools to instruct men in the arts of love and music

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Review:

He has hit on a brilliant theme, low and heroic at the same time. --Norman Shrapnel, Guardian

Part autobiography, part joyous invention, it combines picaresque at its best with comedy of high subtlety and poetry. [...] A major novel by a major novelist. --Financial Times

Anthony Burgess is one of the most versatile artists of the English language. --Erica Jong, Washington Post

About the Author:

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was a novelist, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. He is best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, but altogether he wrote thirty-three novels, twenty-five works of non-fiction, two volumes of autobiography, three symphonies, more than 250 other musical works, and thousands of essays, articles and reviews. Burgess was born in Manchester, England and grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side. He was educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He lived in Malaya, Malta, Monaco, Italy and the United States, among other places. His books are still widely read all over the world. Will Carr is the Deputy Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm)
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0671637924
• ISBN 13: 9780671637927
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback