'Valaida listened hard. After the melody's intro and Earl's
left-hand-to-right-hand cascades of piano sound, her space opened,
and Valaida jumped in. She blew. She entered the music, saw the
chords, embellishes, the references to other songs as plain as day
behind her eyeballs, and she used them. She jumped from bar to bar
like a benzine-fueled billy goat. She didn't miss. She hit her
peaks and whinnied in triumph. In the nebular light of the
Terrace's mirror ball, she flew with the men who had backed Louis
Armstrong at his best.' From a childhood in Chattanooga, to a debut
at one of the swankiest clubs in Harlem in its heyday; from touring
in the Jim Crow south, to showcasing in Shanghai and London in the
30s, the story of Valaida Snow is breathtaking. With a
storyteller's ear and a blessed ability to transport her reader,
Candace Allen has written a sweeping tale of love, degradation,
laughter and longing - with a trumpet accompaniment you swear you
can hear.
General
| Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2005 |
| First published: |
2004 |
| Authors: |
Candace Allen
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 174 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
512 |
| Edition: |
New ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84408-172-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-84408-172-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781844081721 |
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