false 599428 4 <B>The last years of the great French composer's life as envisioned by "the master magician of the contemporary French novel" (<I>The Washington Post</I>)</B><BR><BR>A bestseller in France, <I>Ravel</I> is a beguiling and original evocation of the last ten years in the life of a musical genius, written by the acclaimed novelist Jean Echenoz, winner of the Prix Goncourt. The book opens in 1927 as Maurice Ravel&#151;dandy, eccentric, and curmudgeon&#151;voyages across the Atlantic aboard the luxurious ocean liner the France to begin his triumphant grand tour across the United States, where he will travel aboard such fabled trains as the <I>Zephyr</I>, the <I>Hiawatha</I>, and the <I>Sunset Limited</I>, smoking his precious stash of Gauloises along the way.<BR><BRIlluminated by flashes of Echenoz's characteristically sly humor, Ravel is not just a delightfully quirky portrait of a famous musician coping with the ups and downs of his professional and personal life but a truly touching farewell to a dignified and lonely old man going reluctantly into the night. 1595434 2005 Ravel: A Novel total:53|5:8|4:16|3:23|2:4|1:2| 53 183 76 6 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:49:14 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:55:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 20 21:32:35 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:33:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 11 09:20:48 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 09:21:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:35:01 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:20:57 -0700 2009 nouveau roman school. A silhouette, a tracing of his shadow, rather than a fully-lighted portrait.]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 19:30:22 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 19:31:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 15 03:55:18 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 04:07:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 02:02:47 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 02:02:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 17:41:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 18:36:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 13:27:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 13:27:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 14:14:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 14:14:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 09:51:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:51:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 21:26:10 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 21:26:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 04:04:21 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 04:04:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 04 11:00:44 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:00:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 09:26:19 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:26:38 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 01:25:21 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:59:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 11:18:06 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 11:18:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 08:56:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:56:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 11:29:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:29:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 03:10:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 01:37:59 -0700 2009