Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Books, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. The cover has moderate shelf & edge wear with sticker residue on the front and a light crease at the lower front corner. The spine has a few light creases. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Island Books
Date Published: 1996-12-22
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Very Good. Cover/pages clean. Binding is secure. Minor edge wear. Page tanning due to age. Buy with confidence-5 Star Reliability Rating! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Island Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Good. Spine is slightly creased. Covers show wear. Good reading copy. TRade paperback. x Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. 1.00 x 7.00 x 4.25. Conroy's debut novel, of a young and neglected musical prodigy who is taken in by a music-store owner, was named one of PW's best books of 1993. read more
Edition: First Mass Market Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Good. Spine/hinge creasing, average cover & edge wear, marker line on outside edge of pages, clean inside, slight page yellowing. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Light wear to corners and edges, spine creased, some curling. text is clean, binding is tight. overall nice copy. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Island
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. A great copy with only minor edge wear to cover. Pages are like new. Spine has creases from previous reading. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 544 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Island Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780440217893ISBN:044021789X
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
"I loved this book. Wonderful story beautifully told. I have recommended it to many friends and have yet to have one of them say they did not really love it."
"One of my top five favorite books. This is a wonderful story of a child prodigy who uses his gift of playing the piano to lift himself out of a poor, lonely life in New York to eventually become a famous musician. His hard work, his passion for music and the characters who help him find success make for a great story."
"Conroy's debut novel, of a young and neglected musical prodigy who is taken in by a music-store owner. A beautiful symphony of a novel that had me under its spell."
"A magnificent novel--a rare portrayal of the redemptive role of music in the life of a troubled child & youth. It's actually a double story of redemption, and--in a rare occurrence in contemporary fiction--a story of redemption that actually focuses on the redemption rather than on what the lives are redeemed FROM. The boy who is the main character is redeemed by music--and by a mentor--from a life of neglect by his single mother, who is herself a very troubled soul. Meanwhile, the mentor--a Holocaust survivor--is himself redeemed by his care for the boy. Despite the negative elements evident in this summary of the story, they actually play a relatively minor role in the development of the plot compared to the uplifting developments that constantly unfolded without leaving one with the feeling that this was a melodramatic rags-to-riches story (as, in fact, it was, in some ways). Being conditioned by such fine contemporary fiction as A Thousand Acres, I kept waiting for the tragic flaw to doom the main character (and begging--literally & out loud) for it not to, and although it came close once, it never did."
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