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The fisher king a novel

A moving story of jazz, love, and family conflict. In 1949, a New York jazz musician flees to Paris to escape both his mother and racism.

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  • "Old secrets and bitter memories are brought to light when a young boy travels to Brooklyn to honor his musical grandfather."
  • ""In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a black jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family's disapproval of his art and the racism that shadowed his career. His spectacular success in Europe and his subsequent death there form the dramatic background of Paule Marshall's fifth novel, a moving and revelatory story of jazz, family conflict, and the artist's struggles in society." "Decades after Sonny-Rett left, his eight-year-old Parisian grandson is brought to his old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in Payne's honor. The child's visit reveals the persistent rivalries within the family and the community that drove his grandfather into exile." "Will the young boy be a harbinger of change and reconciliation or a pawn in the power struggle of those who now wish to claim him in Sonny-Rett's name?"--Jacket."
  • "A moving story of jazz, love, and family conflict. In 1949, a New York jazz musician flees to Paris to escape both his mother and racism."@en

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  • "Musical fiction"@en
  • "Musical fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en

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  • "The fisher king a novel"
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  • "The fisher king : a novel"
  • "The fisher king : a novel"@en
  • "The fisher king"
  • "The fisher king"@en

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