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The music school

In "the music school", John updike explores the turmoil of one man, a writer, in his search for form and harmony in life.

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  • "Parker Adderson, philosopher"@en
  • "Music School"

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  • "Summary: John Updike is one of the leading figures in contemporary American literature. His short story, "The music school", is a monologue by Alfred Schweigen, a writer who longs for a belief that will give purpose to a life that to him seems fragmentary and disjointed. Once able to find reassurance in religion, he can no longer share in the orderly universe of the church, nor can he obtain much comfort from the encompassing view of the world as perceived by modern science. In spite of these doubts, he gets some satisfaction from the devotion of his daughter to her music lessons. The order and harmony she absorbs will probably continue to elude him, but her dedication gives him the confidence to work at the basic details that make up the totality of life. The film is a visual interpretation of Updike's story."
  • "In "the music school", John updike explores the turmoil of one man, a writer, in his search for form and harmony in life."@en
  • "A writer struggles to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school."@en
  • "Portrays a contemporary writer's struggle to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school."
  • "Portrays a contemporary writer's struggle to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school."@en
  • "In this story by John Updike, a contemporary writer struggles to find focus in his life. His visits with his daughter to her music school are one source of pleasure, although the order and harmony she learns will continue to elude him as a pattern for his life."@en
  • "A contemporary writer struggles, during a twenty-four hour period, to find a focus in his life. The implications of religion and technology, contemporary violence and social change all emerge in vivid images - as do the fragile moments of joy the writer enjoys when he takes his daughter to music school."@en
  • "In "Parker Adderson, philosopher", Parker is a confesssed Yankee spy whose philosophizing about his fate--they hanged spies at sunrise-- forces his executioner to take a long hard look at death."@en
  • "Depicts a writer struggling, during a 24-hour period, to find a focus in his life. Based on the short story TĚ€he Music School' by John Updike."
  • "An adaptation of the short story by John Updike which portrays a contemporary writer's struggle to find a focus in his life during a 24-hour period, including the fragile joy he experiences in taking his daughter to music school."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Drama"@en

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  • "The music school"
  • "The music school"@en
  • "The Music school"
  • "The Music school"@en
  • "The Music school teleplay"@en
  • "Parker Adderson, philosopher & Music School"

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