{"product_id":"strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-paperback","title":"Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the Absurd - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. T. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePetra Mathers\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a brilliant performance worthy of the composer, M. T. Anderson and Petra Mathers present a picture-book biography of the singular Erik Satie.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThroughout his life, Erik Satie wanted to make a new kind of music, a kind of music both very young and very old, very bold and very shy, that followed no rules but its own.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first glance, Erik Satie looked as normal as anyone else in Paris one hundred years ago. Beyond his shy smile, however, was a mind like no other. When Satie sat down at the piano to compose or play music, his tunes were strange and dreamlike, his melodies topsy-turvy and discordant. Many people hated his music. Few understood it. But to Erik Satie there was sense in nonsense, and the vibrant, surreal compositions of this eccentric man-child would go on to influence many artists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. T. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHandel, Who Knew What He Liked, \u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. He also wrote the National Book Award-winning\u003ci\u003e The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party\u003c\/i\u003e and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eVolume II: The Kingdom on the Waves. \u003c\/i\u003eHis novel \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e was a National Book Award finalist. M. T. Anderson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetra Mathers\u003c\/b\u003e says, \"Even though he walked everywhere he went, Satie was never a pedestrian; he was always a little aloft.\" Petra Mathers has written and\/or illustrated more than thirty books for children, four of which won \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Children's Books honors. Her first book, \u003ci\u003e Maria Theresa, \u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Ezra Jack Keats Medal. She lives in Astoria, Oregon.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 10.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757290586400,"sku":"9780763687755","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/299583f20b9c4b5b671e6716a82d997f.webp?v=1780098897","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}