Adrianne Geffel, a fiction, David Hajdu
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Adrianne Geffel, a fiction, David Hajdu
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Adrianne Geffel
Oclc number
1137818555
Responsibility statement
David Hajdu
Sub title
a fiction
Summary
"A poignant and hilarious oral history of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon. Celebrated music critic and cultural historian David Hajdu unravels the mystery of a one of-a-kind artist, a pianist with a rare neurological condition that enables her to make music that is nothing less than pure, unmediated emotional expression. Her name is Adrianne Geffel, praised as 'the Geyser of Grand Street' and the 'Queen of Bleak Chic'. Yet despite her renown, she curiously vanished from public life, and her whereabouts remain a mystery to this day. Hajdu pieces together her story through the memories of those who knew her, inspired her, and exploited her--her mother, father, best friend, producer, critics, teachers--in this slyly entertaining work of fiction. Adrianne Geffel is at once a piercing satire, a vividly twisted evocation of New York in the 1970s and '80s, and a strangely moving portrait of a group of characters both utterly familiar and like none we've ever encountered."--, Provided by publisher
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- Satire
- Satirical literature
- Fictional Work
- Novels
- Système nerveux + Maladies + Patients -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Oral history -- Fiction
- Années soixante-dix (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Historical fiction
- Musicians -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Années quatre-vingt (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Nervous system + Diseases + Patients -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Histoire orale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Musiciens -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Romans
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- Creator1
- Genre6
- Subject18
- Satire
- Satirical literature
- Fictional Work
- Novels
- Système nerveux + Maladies + Patients -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Oral history -- Fiction
- Années soixante-dix (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Historical fiction
- Musicians -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
- Années quatre-vingt (Vingtième siècle) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Nervous system + Diseases + Patients -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Histoire orale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Musiciens -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Romans
- Content1
- Author1
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