This book is dense and hard-going, but I've gone from knowing nothing about contemporary classical music to having enough knowledge to put things in context. There are great anecdotes and characterizations throughout, interspersed with pretty deep music theory unfoldings. As the book went on, I started skipping over those sections...
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Review of 'The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Lessons by Ian McEwan
An ordinary man lives in interesting times.
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, …
Ted rated My Year of Rest and Relaxation: 3 stars
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others …
Ted rated The poetics of space: 4 stars
Ted rated Under the Tuscan sun: 4 stars
Under the Tuscan sun by Frances Mayes
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the …
Ted reviewed It Never Ends by Tom Scharpling
Review of 'It Never Ends' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
If you are a fan of the Best Show, this book is required reading. Not sure how well it would stand up without that context, but an enjoyable read that gets funnier as it goes along.
Ted rated Cy Twombly: 4 stars
Cy Twombly, Jonas Storsve: Cy Twombly (2017)
Cy Twombly by Cy Twombly, Jonas Storsve
The Centre Pompidou will present a major retrospective of the work of American artist Cy Twombly bringing together works from …
Ted rated Rules of civility: 5 stars
Rules of civility by Amor Towles
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary …
Ted rated Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1): 3 stars
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1) by Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus (1))
Knots and Crosses (also written Knots & Crosses) is a 1987 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the first …
Ted rated The History of Love: 5 stars
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing that she might discover it in …
Ted rated Wide Sargasso Sea: 4 stars
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light …
Ted reviewed A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian …
Review of 'A Swim in a Pond in the Rain' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
It's so good that it's hard not to view all creative writing practice conversations through Saunders' lense.
Ted rated The Story of a New Name: 5 stars
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante (Neapolitan, #2)
Friends Lila and Elena are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey …