{"product_id":"body-soul-9780385319867","title":"Body \u0026 Soul","description":"In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year-old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe setting is 1940s New York, a city that is \"long gone, replaced by another city of the same name.\" Against a backdrop that pulses with sound and rhythm, \u003ci\u003eBody \u0026amp; Soul\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly evokes the life of a child prodigy whose musical genius pulls him out of squalor and into the drawing rooms of the rich and a gilt-edged marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the same talent that transforms him also hurtles Claude into a lonely world of obsession and relentless ambition. From Carnegie Hall to the smoky jazz clubs of London, \u003ci\u003eBody \u0026amp; Soul\u003c\/i\u003e burns with passion and truth--at once a riveting, compulsive read and a breathtaking glimpse into a boy's heart and an artist's soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Conroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.23w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385319867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e69658 \/ Body and Soul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Conroy was born in 1936 and graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He is currently teaching at the University of Iowa, where he is director of the prestigious Writeer's Workshop. Conroy has written an autobiography \u003cb\u003eStop-Time\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1967, and his collection of stories, \u003cb\u003eMidair\u003c\/b\u003e, was published in 1985. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between Iowa City and Nantucket.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Frank Conroy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47532337528989,"sku":"9780385319867","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bce5f6b7-4c62-4dc6-8727-a4ee650ea812.jpg?v=1767682434","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/body-soul-9780385319867","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}