Sonata Mulattica
Poems
Format:Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Published:5th Nov '10
£12.99
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The son of a white woman and an “African Prince,” George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780–1860) travels to Vienna to meet “bad-boy” genius Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer’s subsequent sonata is originally dedicated to the young mulatto, but George, exuberant with acclaim, offends Beethoven over a woman. From this crucial encounter evolves a grandiose yet melancholy poetic tale. A New Yorker's A Year's Reading; Booklist Editors Choice Award.
"A virtuosic treatment of a virtuoso's life ... stuffed with historical and musical arcana." "Dove's richly imagined book has the sweep and vivid characters of a novel, but it's written with a poet's economy, an eye for the exact detail." -- Mark Doty
- Winner of Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2010
ISBN: 9780393338935
Dimensions: 211mm x 142mm x 18mm
Weight: 230g
240 pages