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The Art of Youth

Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts

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The Art of Youth

By: Nicholas Delbanco
Narrated by: Jeff Crawford
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The Art of Youth is a moving inquiry into the nature of artistic prodigies who did their major work at an early age. Renowned novelist Nicholas Delbanco gives us a triptych of indelible portraits: the American writer Stephen Crane (immortalized by The Red Badge of Courage); British artist Dora Carrington (called "the most neglected serious painter of her time"); and the legendary composer George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess).

All three lived colorful, productive lives before dying early, at an average age of thirty-five. In this learned and elegant audiobook, Delbanco discovers what it is we mourn in authors who pass away so young, and muses on his own life - one marked by both early success and longevity.

©2013 Nicholas Delbanco (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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