Bach's legendary perfectionism shines in novel 'The Great Passion'
Johann Sebastian Bach’s legendary perfectionism shines in the novel “The Great Passion,” as he takes a (fictional) choir student under his wing.
Source: csmonitor.com
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At the library: how national parks are doing in era of climate change
The following books are currently available at the Transylvania County Library. The book synopses are from LibraryAware.
Source: transylvaniatimes.com
From Christine Simon to Charlotte Mendelson, Donna Leon and James Runcie, the best new fiction
Donna Leon's much-loved Commissario Brunetti series has been running for 30 years. Together the books offer a wonderfully complex portrait of Venice.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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On April 14, 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head as he sat watching the play Our American Cousin
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Fiction Book Review: The Great Passion by James Runcie. Bloomsbury, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-1-63557-067-0
Runcie, best known for his empathic Grantchester mystery series, displays the same gifts for characterization in this account of Johann Sebastian Bach’s composition of the “St Matthew Passion” in 1727
Source: publishersweekly.com