About this title: The remarkable odyssey of a classical guitar prodigy who abandons his beloved instrument in defeat at the age of twenty-five, but comes back to it years later with a new kind of passion. With insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at a small Long Island guitar school at the age of eight, to a national television appearance ...
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Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 6/19/2007
ISBN-13:9780307266156ISBN:030726615X
Description: Used-Very Good. *** UNCORRECTED PROOF *** ADANCED READING COPY *** NOT HARDCOVER ***, VERY GOOD softcover with slight rub to cover edges. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307266156ISBN:030726615X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Book is clean & bright w/ sharp corners. DJ is bright & clean. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 239 p., 5 3/4 x 8 5/8", Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307278753ISBN:0307278751
Description: In a remarkable memoir written with insight and humor, Glenn Kurtz takes us from his first lessons at the age of eight to his acceptance at the elite New England Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he attempts a solo career in Vienna but soon re... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2007-06-19
ISBN-13:9780307266156ISBN:030726615X
Description: New. This is a paperback ARC with plain cover and publisher stickers. This book is the same isbn, but is a paperback. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
"This book inspired me to continue practicing guitar, but it's about more than guitar or even music. He talks about how learning to stretch beyond your boundaries is an end in itself. The art of practicing is the art of living."
"I hoped this book would be more than it turned out to be. Kurtz was a child guitar prodigy. He went on to study music at a renowned conservatory, but he abandoned the guitar and music not long after he graduated. He returned to the guitar a few years ago and uses the format of this book to discuss the pleasures of his return. I wished he had been more open about the whys and hows of his departure and his subsequent return to music."
"I'm almost done with this one, having started it a year ago and putting it down because it was a little hard for me to get into. But I'm having a much better time with it now -- it's good to read about someone else's take on playing the guitar."
"I really like this book - well written, engaging, always interesting. Perhaps it had to do with the time of my life when I read it (as I, too, was returning to music)? But I find the author engaging and interesting without being heavy, pedantic, or distracting."
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