{"product_id":"strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-paperback","title":"Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the Absurd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\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\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\u003e \u003cb\u003eM. T. Anderson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Award Finalist; the National Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVolume II: The Kingdom on the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, which were both Michael L. Printz Honor Books; \u003ci\u003eSymphony for the City of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYvain: The Night of the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Landscape with Invisible Hand\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand many other books for children and young adults, including \u003ci\u003eThe Assassination of Brangwain Spurge\u003c\/i\u003e, cocreated with Eugene Yelchin, which was a National Book Award Finalist. M. T. Anderson lives near Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetra Mathers\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2024) said, \"Even though he walked everywhere he went, Satie was never a pedestrian; he was always a little aloft.\" Petra Mathers wrote 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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 10.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45937272750278,"sku":"9780763687755","price":14.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/8085\/0374\/files\/yWUam0stE19780763687755.webp?v=1781222572","url":"https:\/\/paladinvinyl.com\/products\/strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-paperback","provider":"Paladin Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}