Life in Reverse
Tales of a Very Stable Narcissist
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:7th Sep '21
Should be back in stock very soon
An African-American jazz musician’s life on road, striving for knowledge, opportunity, acceptance and understanding.
The story of African-American jazz musician Westray’s life journey – striving for knowledge, opportunity, acceptance and understanding.
Starting from present and going back 30 years to 1990, the book about African-American jazz musician Ron Westray’s life journey is written in reverse. The writing is rigorous—flanked by hip-hop, Southern, and ebonic dialects—and includes jazz lingo, texting-shorthand and use of emojis.
“A brilliant musician and a courageous exploration of his complex life–to this point.” — Lorna Marsden, President emerita, York University, Canada
“Life In Reverse is an impressive mosaic of the adventures and reflections of a jazz musician, a women’s man, a black intellectual. Do not expect easy reading: this is not a run-of-the-mill autobiography, no self-analysis, no pop literature. It’s raw, private, demanding, serious, fun, a great picture of our times.” — Dr. Hans Christian Hagedorn, Professor, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ron-westray-life-in-reverse-tales-of-a-very-stable-narcissist-ron-westray
ISBN: 9781839980398
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 26mm
Weight: 1g
424 pages