Wunderkind: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451616945 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wunderfully written, beautifully developed, sheer genius Every once in a while, I come across a book that changes my thoughts about a time and place, darkens my mental outlook, eats at me from the inside and stays with me all day. Wunderkind does all the above by placing me into a very uncomfortable mental state deepening my understanding of what was even when I thought I knew. Now I know that I did not.Konstanin, a gifted and brilliant musician is placed into a special school where the Communist leaders o. "Resentful and Despondent" according to Billz. After finishing Nikolai Grozni's book Wunderkind, I realized that the best part of the book put me in touch with Chopin in a way I had never experienced. I downloaded the musical pieces I could find on the Web either for sale in iTunes or as MPResentful and Despondent After finishing Nikolai Grozni's book Wunderkind, I realized that the best part of the book put me in touch with Chopin in a way I had never experienced. I downloaded the musical pieces I could find on the Web either for sale in iTunes or as MP3 files that were freely available. Listening to the music and reading different parts of the book where Chopin's meanings in the music were revealed was just plain fun. Every second of the book in these musica. files that were freely available. Listening to the music and reading different parts of the book where Chopin's meanings in the music were revealed was just plain fun. Every second of the book in these musica. "Repression, rebellion and rhapsody" according to Maine Colonial. You don't have to be a music maven to be taken by Wunderkind, but I can only imagine how much richer it would be if you were. Grozni is as much a virtuoso with words as his protagonist, Konstantin, is with the piano, and his descriptions of musical performances take you fully into the experience. But it's not just his descriptions of performances. It's everything, even just a walk down the gray streets of Sofia, Bulgaria. Every few pages I'd read a p
A love-hate letter to a Bulgaria that no longer exists, it contains some of the most vivid, celebratory writing about music I've ever read." --Zachary Lazar, author of "Sway""Nikolai Grozni's "Wunderkind" is an elegant, graceful novel that captures not only the power and beauty of music, but the stifling oppression of life in a totalitarian state. This passionate novel should be pushed on anyone interested in music, politics, or energized coming-of-age tales." --"Library Journal" . I found myself astonished, amazed, and moved by this remarkable novel." --Lauren Belfer, bestselling author of "City of Light" and "A Fierce Radiance""Grozni's writing is colorful and strong." --"Publishers Weekly"""Wunderkind" is a gift for all the senses. The novel sings and howls, and in i
Confined to the militaristic Music School for the Gifted for most of each day and a good part of the night, Konstantin exults in his small rebellions—smoking, drinking, and mocking Party pomp and cant at every opportunity. Nikolai Grozni’s shimmering, visual, and visceral prose unfurls like music, as if a baby grand served as his infernal typewriter” (Patti Smith).Fifteen-year-old Konstantin is a brash, brilliant pianist of exceptional sensitivity in the bleak and controlled environment of Sofia, Bulgaria, in the 1980s, struggling toward adulthood in a society where honest expression often comes at a terrible cost. Through it all, Konstantin plays the piano with inflamed passion, transported by unparalleled explorations of Chopin, Debussy, and Bach, even as he is cursed by his teachers’ numbing efforts at mind control. Now in paperback, “Wunderkind is a gift for all the senses. Hypnotic and headlong, Wunderkind’s dazzling portrait of youthful turmoil gives us a stunningly urgent, exquisitely observed, and wonderfully tragicomic glimpse behind the Iron Curtain at the very end of the Cold War while reminding us of the sometimes life-saving grace of great m
Nikolai Grozni is aBulgarian-born American writer. . He holds an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. Grozni wrote his first book, the acclaimed memoir Turtle Feet, while living in India, where he spent four years as a Buddhist monk. He lives with his wife, the author Danielle Trussoni, and their children in France