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Synopsis
"Brilliant...Xam Cartier's talent with language, and her gift for expressing anew the codes and ceremonies of black life, have a new and vibrant source of expression. Muse-Echo Blues is one hell of an improvisation."
- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Muse-Echo Blues wail the soul of American history, our highs and our lows through the formative years. Here is a tune that swings from the heart, starting with sense-surround sound of the 90's, and blacktracking back to the roar of the '20's, right to the edge of deadened Crash times.
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From Library Journal
In this deeply emotional novel, Cartier presents an intricate account of the experiences of a young pianist named Kat, who has developed composer's block and is in need of revelation. Kat finds it in Kitty, a musician from the 1940s jazz period. Together they take us through the highs and lows of African American life--its music, culture, and blues--as they muse about the various problems in their lives. Cartier exhibits her trademark style: brisk sentences whose natural rhythm establishes a vibrant atmosphere that fittingly recalls the music that fills the book; a powerful mood sustained through each episode; and vivid descriptions of the characters, plot, and subplot of this excellent book. Readers will be appreciative of its originality and soul-stirring qualities.
- Gayle Leach, Graduate Lib. Sch., Wayne State Univ., Detroit
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Cartier rises to the challenge of jazz poets with this homage to jazz and the African Americans who perform it, fusing classic American music and literary imagination. Author tour.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0345377621
- ISBN 13 9780345377623
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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