When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace

When Words Fail: A Life with Music, War and Peace
Ed Vulliamy
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 496pg
4 Jul 2019 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781783783373
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Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2015, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...
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ISBN-13: 9781783783373
Published: 4 Jul 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 496

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