The Fisher King: A Novel

by Paule Marshall

2020-12-29 16:36:16

In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family''s disapproval of his music and the racism that shadowed his career. Now, decades later, his eight-year-old grandson is brought to Payne''s old Brooklyn neig... Read more
In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family''s disapproval of his music and the racism that shadowed his career. Now, decades later, his eight-year-old grandson is brought to Payne''s old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in his honor. The child''s visit reveals the persistent family and community rivalries that drove his grandfather into exile.
The Fisher King -- a moving story of jazz, love, family conflict, and the artists'' struggles in society -- offers hope in the healing and redemptive power of one memorable boy. Less

Book Details

File size8 X 5.25 X 0.6 in
Print pages224
PublisherScribner
Publication date October 4, 2001
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780684869704
Paule Marshall (April 9, 1929 – Aug 12, 2019) was an American writer, best known for her 1959 debut novel ,Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959); Daughters (1992) and The Fisher King (2001). She received a...

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