CATFISH BLUES SAGA

 CATFISH BLUES SAGA/ New Re-print

THE CATFISH BLUES SAGA 

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This volume gathers for the first time together the two parts of this world acclaimed "blues novel" about the career of Theodore Roosevelt Young who, from the Mississippi cototon fields to Beale Street in Memphis and then the Chicago ghetto will become the new King of the blues" Written with simplicity and warmth, this beautiful novel espouses the overtones of blues: woes, nostalgia and dreams " (Telerama) " The brilliant pen of Gérard Herzhaft knows how to make us share his vibrant passion for the blues" (Juke Box Magazine)" This novel is worth as much for its exciting plot as for the liveliness of its writing. A beautiful portrait of the times" (Lire)

Translated from French by Larisa Sarenac