The Minstrel

Title

en_US The Minstrel

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Bernard Benson

Creator

en_US Benson, Bernard S.

Contributor

en_US Benson, Bernard

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:43Z

en_US 2000-07

en_US 1977

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1977

Abstract

en_US I have this book because of the first sentence on the inner flap of the dust jacket: This lovely, magical book, written in the form of a fable and charmingly illustrated by the author, was inspired by the life and music of Elvis Presley. I now include the book in the collection to keep myself from buying it again on the same basis! The quotation just before the start of this book's text is an excellent piece from Rabindranath Tagore: God respects me/when I work,/but he loves me/when I sing. Amen to that! A boy brings joy wherever he goes. He is given an instrument by a dying old man. As he grows up, he hears the call to take away people's sadness with music. His dying wish was to be everywhere and with everybody making his music and bringing them joy. After hundreds of years, another little boy is born into a world that is now gone mad over making war and rushing around. Scientists though also have made devices that can bring voices everywhere at the same time. In this new world, the boy grows up and makes music, and his music is God's smile upon people.

Identifier

en_US 9780399122507

en_US 6133 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81539

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US G.P. Putnam's Sons

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PS3552.E54766 M5 1977

en_US Tangential

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole