{"product_id":"strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-isbn-9780763687755","title":"Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the Absurd","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThroughout his life, Erik Satie wanted to make a new kind of music, a kind of music both very young and very old, very bold and very shy, that followed no rules but its own.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cb\u003eAnderson makes a music of his own with words.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irresistible invitation to discover a relatively little known, but profoundly influential 20th century artist\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Satie’s repetitive, slowly advancing musical passages, \u003cb\u003eAnderson’s words flow naturally and hypnotize the reader with oceanic rhythms\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . Both author and illustrator seem to have channeled Satie’s spirit of risk-taking in their verbal and visual depictions of the composer’s artistry.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eHorn Book \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe details of Satie’s strange life will puzzle and intrigue youngsters\u003c\/b\u003e. The interpretations of Satie’s absurdist musical pieces and guidelines are faithfully literal yet spiritedly surreal.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA splendid alliance of topic, text, and illustration produces \u003cb\u003ea hauntingly compelling biography\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeliciously offbeat\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrange indeed, but bewitching\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetra Mathers\u003c\/b\u003e\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.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233586327781,"sku":"NP9780763687755","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763687755.jpg?v=1767737401","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-isbn-9780763687755","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}