Reprint edition from Vintage Books (April 10, 2007)
9780375726330 |
details & prices | 176 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A collection of essays by the late cultural critic explores great works of music and literature produced by Beethoven, Schoenberg, Mann, Cavafy, Beckett, Gould, Straus, Genet, and others at the end of their creative lives, analyzing how these works differed from previous ones and what they reveal about each musician's or writer's artistic evolution.