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Musical Offering
Musical Offering | Luis Sagasti
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Tracing a circular course that echoes Bach's Goldberg Variations, in Luis Sagasti's second book to appear in English he takes on the role of Scheherazade to recount us story after story, interwoven in subtle and surprising ways to create a tapestry that vibrates to celestial harmonies. He leads us on a journey from the music born of the sun to the music sent into space on the _Voyager _mission, from Rothko to rock music, from the composers of the concentration camps to a weeping room for Argentinian conscripts in the Falklands. _A Musical Offering _traverses the same shifting sands of fiction and history as the tales of Jorge Luis Borges, while also recalling the 'constellation' structure of Olga Tokarczuk's** **Flights. Filled with insight and ideas yet unexpectedly tender and personal, it is a celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music.
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Simona
Musical Offering | Luis Sagasti
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The book explores the human relationships to the music, what music can offer in the different situations. The story of music is told through anecdotes, snippets of history from all the around the world, and without classic narrator. Some parts/sentences are beautiful written, but story as a whole was too fragmented and experimental for me. #Booked2021 - musical instrument on cover

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Simona @Cinfhen The thing with this book is that I do think that it is extremely good written and that it is extremely well executed, but unfortunately experimental writing style isn‘t my favourite ... 🤷🏻‍♀️ I opt out for the prizes, but thank you for remanding me😘 3y
Cinfhen You‘re so sweet for opting out… but you won years ago xx feel free to change your mind 3y
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