Birdland
Record details
- ISBN: 0786150955 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9780786150953 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2005.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Unabridged. Title from: Title details screen. Duration: 2:53:46. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Dion Graham. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 41627 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
Swirling riffs of language and a propulsive beat set this gritty, transcendent novel in motion. Amid the sparkle and hum of a New York City winter, Jed and his best friend, Flyer, are filming a documentary of their neighborhood. All around them are images that Jed's older brother Zeke wrote about: drummers, drunks, dog walkers, and the beautiful water towers that dot the city's skyline. But what Jed is really in search of is Zeke, a poet who loved jazzman Charlie "Bird" Parker and who left behind his CDs, a notebook, and a lot of unanswered questions. When Jed encounters a mysterious homeless girl he thinks holds the key to connecting him to Zeke, it could be his only way to unlock his deepest sorrow and discover how to be -- who to be -- on his own. As true and lyrical as a sax solo, Birdland touches down at the core of the human heart and sends it soaring.