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The Soloist Audio Book
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The Soloist
Author:
Steve Lopez
Reader: William Hughes
The moving tale of the bond between a journalist and a homeless, Juilliard-trained musician in Los Angeles. Accepting the challenge of helping this brilliant, schizophrenic young man, the author discovered a friend... and the redeeming power of music. A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book. The movie stars Robert Downey, Jr., and Jamie Foxx. "Hughes renders Lopez and Ayers as a pitch-perfect duet... compelling."—Booklist
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Available Audio Book Editions:
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Audio MP3-CD ( 1 ) |
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Publish Date: 05/01/2008
ISBN: 9781433215230
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| E6B522 |
Unabridged |
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$19.95 |
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| E5B521 |
Unabridged |
Cassettes (5) |
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| EP1718 |
Unabridged |
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Synopsis:
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Beginning in 2005, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez began chronicling the genius and hardships of Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic classical musician he discovered on skid row playing virtuoso music on a battered violin with only two strings. Over the years, Lopez became intimately involved with Ayers, a gifted musician, who was one of the few African-Americans to attend Juilliard but ultimately dropped out due to the increasing chaos of his mental illness. Through Lopez and other members of the community, Ayers received numerous second chances, playing in local downtown music venues, receiving housing and a beautiful cello, and finally performing at the lavish Disney Hall. However, his remarkable journey was marked by many bumps and setbacks, including a disheartening manic outburst during a performance. In this bracing, fascinating, heartbreaking, and redemptive biography/memoir, Lopez describes his complicated relationship with Ayers--frankly examining the self-serving sides of his own charity--and paints a vivid portrait of a man who lost everything except his love for music. In 2009, the book was made into a major motion picture starring Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx as Ayers.
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