{"product_id":"the-importance-of-music-to-girls-faber-poetry","title":"The Importance of Music to Girls (Faber Poetry)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenlaw, Lavinia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 25-04-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nIf I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway . . . the music attracted and repelled, organised and disturbed and then let us into the night, clusters of emotion ready to dissolve into sleep.In The Importance of Music to Girls, Lavinia Greenlaw tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. This is a vivid memoir unlike any other, recalling the furious passion of being young, female, and coming alive through music. \u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nDespite the title, this is not a girlie book, but a poetic, evocative exploration of music and identity. Greenlaw's preferences range from Bob Dylan to Joy Division, her prose has a sharp honesty and she wields her erudition lightly. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is the candour of this off-beat memoir that makes it stand out. There is no guff about the transcendental power of music: more a wry reflection on the way in which music weaves its way in and out of childhood. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nGreenlaw's unflinching eye and spare, sophisticated prose render a rare and quite beautiful book. ―\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n      Book Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Importance of Music to Girls is award-winning poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw's vivid and engaging portrait of what music means to us as we grow up.\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nLavinia Greenlaw was born in London where she has lived for most of her life. She studied seventeenth-century art at the Courtauld Institute, and was awarded a NESTA fellowship to pursue her interest in vision, travel and perception. Her poetry includes Minsk, which was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot, Forward and Whitbread Poetry Prizes. She has also published novels and works of non-fiction which include The Importance of Music to Girls, Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland and Some Answers Without Questions (2021). She has won a number of prizes and held residencies at the Science Museum and the Royal Society of Medicine. Her work for BBC radio includes programmes about the Arctic, the Baltic, Emily Dickinson and Elizabeth Bishop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571332274\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50252515180848,"sku":"Trans_9780571332274","price":900.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81cxtwH1UQL.jpg?v=1761639370","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/the-importance-of-music-to-girls-faber-poetry","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}