Parallel Play
Language: English
Published by Anchor Books, New York, 2009
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
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This softcover copy is in pristine condition and brand new. There are 197 pages and various photos from when the author was young. Tim Page, the author, is a professor of music and journalism at the University of Southern California and won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work as the chief classical music critic for the Washington Post. He discovered, as an adult, that he had Asperger's Syndrome. This is the memoir of his boyhood by turns of both hilarious and heartbreaking. This story is the account of a disadvantaged boy who grew up to be a highly successful adult.
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- Title
- Parallel Play
- Author
- Tim Page
- Publisher
- Anchor Books, New York
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0767929691
- ISBN 13
- 9780767929691
- Illustrator
- no illustrations
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 12 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5 inches width by 8 inches height by 0.75 inches depth
In 1997, Tim Page won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work as the chief classical music critic of The Washington Post, work that the Pulitzer board called "lucid and illuminating." Three years later, at the age of 45, he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome-an autistic disorder characterized by often superior intellectual abilities but also by obsessive behavior, ineffective communication, and social awkwardness.
In a personal chronicle that is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Page revisits his early days through the prism of newfound clarity. Here is the tale of a boy who could blithely recite the names and dates of all the United States' presidents and their wives in order (backward upon request), yet lacked the coordination to participate in the simplest childhood games. It is the story of a child who memorized vast portions of the World Book Encyclopedia simply by skimming through its volumes, but was unable to pass elementary school math and science. And it is the triumphant account of a disadvantaged boy who grew into a high-functioning, highly successful adult--perhaps not despite his Asperger's but because of it, as Page believes. For in the end, it was his all-consuming love of music that emerged as something around which to construct a life and a prodigious career.
In graceful prose, Page recounts the eccentric behavior that withstood glucose-tolerance tests, anti-seizure medications, and sessions with the school psychiatrist, but which above all, eluded his own understanding. A poignant portrait of a lifelong search for answers, Parallel Play provides a unique perspective on Asperger's and the well of creativity that can spring forth as a result of the condition.
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About the Author
Tim Page is a professor of journalism and music at the University of Southern California. He has been a music critic at the New York Times, Newsday, and The Washington Post. In 1997, Tim Page won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work as the chief classical music critic of The Washington Post, work that the Pulitzer board called "lucid and illuminating." He has also written a biography of the American novelist Dawn Powell, as well as edited her letters and a two-volume edition of her works published by The Library of America.
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