Parallels & Paradoxes

Parallels & Paradoxes

by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/07/2014

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'A beautifully poised series of dialogues about literature, music and politics, and they're a testimony to the enormous gifts and courage of both men' - Tom Paulin, Guardian


'A marvellous eavesdrop on the discourse of exchange between two great intellects' - Nadine Gordimer, TLS


'An extraordinary meeting of minds in troubled times' - Financial Times


'A fascinating exchange of ideas on music, politics and literature' - Classic FM Magazine

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Israeli Daniel Barenboim, one of the finest musicians of our times, and Palestinian Edward Said, eminent literary critic and leading expert on the Middle East, were close friends for years. Parallels and Paradoxes is a series of discussions between the two friends about music, politics, literature and society.


Barenboim and Said talk about, among other subjects, the differences between writing prose and music; the compromising politician versus the uncompromising artist; Beethoven as the ultimate sonata composer, Wagner (Barenboim is considered by many to be the greatest living conductor of his work); great teachers; and the power of culture to transcend national differences.


Illuminating and deeply moving, Parallels and Paradoxes is an affectionate and impassioned exchange of ideas.

ISBN:
9781408846247
9781408846247
Category:
Music
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-07-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Edward Said

Edward W. Said was the author of more than twenty books, including Orientalism, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, Culture and Imperialism, and a memoir, Out of Place. He died in 2003.

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