Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Antonin Dvorak was persuaded to leave his native Bohemia to come to New York to be director of the National Conservatory for Music. In this exuberant novel, Josef Skvorecky tells the story of Dvorak's utterly requited love affair with young America, the anthem of which is his famous Symphony in E Minor, "From the New World."
About the AuthorPaul Wilson has translated books by Vaclav Havel, Bohumil Hrabal, Ivan Klima and Josef Skvorecky. He lives in Canada.
Book InformationISBN 9780393305487
Author Josef SkvoreckyFormat Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 405g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 25mm