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Fiddler’s Dream: A Novel

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Gregory Spatz’s second novel tells the story of Jesse Alison, a prodigiously talented young bluegrass musician, who moves to Nashville from Vermont following his dream of becoming a Bluegrass Boy in Bill Monroe’s band. He hopes to find his long-estranged father, himself a musician, who Jesse has heard, now lives in Nashville. Juxtaposing flashbacks of Jesse’s past and his earliest connections to music, the novel tracks his progress in Nashville, his edgy relationship with Genny Freed, a violin maker with whom he’s staying, and concludes with his confrontation with his father.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press

Release: March 16, 2006

ISBN: 0870745085

ISBN 13: 9780870745089

Fiddler’s Dream: A Novel

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Gregory Spatz’s second novel tells the story of Jesse Alison, a prodigiously talented young bluegrass musician, who moves to Nashville from Vermont following his dream of becoming a Bluegrass Boy in Bill Monroe’s band. He hopes to find his long-estranged father, himself a musician, who Jesse has heard, now lives in Nashville. Juxtaposing flashbacks of Jesse’s past and his earliest connections to music, the novel tracks his progress in Nashville, his edgy relationship with Genny Freed, a violin maker with whom he’s staying, and concludes with his confrontation with his father.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press

Release: March 16, 2006

ISBN: 0870745085

ISBN 13: 9780870745089

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