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BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
In the vein of Nick Hornby and Tobias Wolff yet with a style very much Michael Zadoorian's own BEAUTIFUL MUSIC is a touching story about the power of music and its ability to save one's soul.
Set in early 1970s Detroit, a racially divided city still reeling from its violent riot of 1967, BEAUTIFUL MUSIC is the story of one young man's transformation through music. Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop radio-loving loner, balancing a dysfunctional home life with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school market by racial turbulence.
But after tragedy strikes the family, Danny's mother becomes increasingly erratic and angry about the seismic cultural shifts unfolding around the world. As she soldiers on with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny soon discovers rock music and, in particular, the drum and guitar-heavy songs of Michigan legends like the MC5 and Iggy Pop, finding reason to carry on.
Michael Zadoorian is the author of the critically-praisedThe Leisure Seeker,now being made into a film starring Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren (Sony Pictures),Second Hand, and the short story collection,The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit.He is a recipient of the Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts,the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Michigan Notable Book award and the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award. His work has appeared inThe Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review
Rights sold to THE LEISURE SEEKER:UK, Australian/HarperCollins; Czech/HarperCollins; Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish/Harper Nordic; Dutch/ HarperCollins; French/Fleuve Noir; German/ HarperCollins; Hebrew/Dani Books; Italian/Marcos y Marcos; Hungarian/Mira; Japanese/Tokyo Sogensha; Korean/Sigongsa; Polish/ HarperCollins; Portuguese; HarperCollins; Spanish/ HarperCollins
But after tragedy strikes the family, Danny's mother becomes increasingly erratic and angry about the seismic cultural shifts unfolding around the world. As she soldiers on with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny soon discovers rock music and, in particular, the drum and guitar-heavy songs of Michigan legends like the MC5 and Iggy Pop, finding reason to carry on.
Michael Zadoorian is the author of the critically-praisedThe Leisure Seeker,now being made into a film starring Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren (Sony Pictures),Second Hand, and the short story collection,The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit.He is a recipient of the Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts,the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Michigan Notable Book award and the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award. His work has appeared inThe Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review
Rights sold to THE LEISURE SEEKER:UK, Australian/HarperCollins; Czech/HarperCollins; Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish/Harper Nordic; Dutch/ HarperCollins; French/Fleuve Noir; German/ HarperCollins; Hebrew/Dani Books; Italian/Marcos y Marcos; Hungarian/Mira; Japanese/Tokyo Sogensha; Korean/Sigongsa; Polish/ HarperCollins; Portuguese; HarperCollins; Spanish/ HarperCollins
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Published 2018-05-01 by Akashic |
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Published 2018-05-01 by Akashic Books - Brooklyn (USA) |