Thad Carhart
Författare till The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Om författaren
Thad Carhart has lived in France for much of his life. He was educated at Yale and Stanford, and worked in northern California as a consultant in the entertainment business before returning to Europe twelve years ago
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- Vedertaget namn
- Carhart, Thad
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Carhart, Thaddeus E.
- Födelsedag
- 1950-02-16
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Paris, France
San Francisco, California, USA - Utbildning
- Yale University
Stanford University - Yrken
- events coordinator
communications executive
freelance writer
consultant - Organisationer
- Apple Computer
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Here we have a memoir that explores humanity through acute observations of culture and human behavior. But it's not a text book or a dry summing up. Neither is it a novel or an autobiography.
The central core of the book is an old piano workshop in Paris. It is inhabited by either typical Parisians or eccentrics, depending on if you're European or not. Being from Europe these people seemed just regular folk. Living in the US I can see them being seen as eccentric or even crazy.
We learn about the personal history of the author with pianos and piano playing. We learn about the obsessions and fascinations of others and pianos and we mostly learn about how music gets us to a place that can't be obtained through logic or pure reasoning. And it's all told in a way that allows anyone access to those experiences, be it second hand, through this book.
Do I sound overly excited about this book? Having read dozens of non-fiction books that are all thinly veiled ego pumps I have to say: yes I am very excited about this work.… (mer)