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ISBN-10: 0826357415
ISBN-13: 9780826357410
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publish Date: 08/15/2016
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.70" H

The Universe Playing Strings

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Overview

Music is the heartbeat of this novel about the world of hometown musicians–the jamming venues, the contests, the onstage cues, the subtle rules. The story focuses on four musicians: Carl Bradshaw, an aging Oklahoma fiddler; Amy Chandler, a young dumpling who can outpick most guitarists; Jack Martin, who lives in the shadow of a successful father; and Cora, an older woman on the edge of a world she believes can’t be hers. The novel’s structure reflects the sets of a performance on stage, with smaller sections that serve to introduce the musicians. Song titles, phrases, and sounds are part of the language, as are the characters’ styles in speaking about music, creating it, and performing it. With its winning evocation of the joy of playing together, The Universe Playing Strings will remind readers of the movies Once and Crazy Heart.

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A taut little novel about a group of musicians looking for love in all the wrong places.
Denver Post

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Details

ISBN-10: 0826357415
ISBN-13: 9780826357410
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publish Date: 08/15/2016
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.70" H
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