{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-glenn-gould-a-genius-in-love-9781550229196","title":"The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love","description":"Long after his death, Glenn Gould still lures new listeners to his piano, connecting with them on a haunting, personal level. \"He feels and you feel,\" says young New York writer Nicole Spectre. \"I can feel his pain and joy -- it touches me. He speaks directly to me.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when he was known as the world's greatest pianist in the 1950s and 1960s, just who was Gould playing for? His audience? Himself? His demanding mother? All are likely true, but he was also richly inspired by -- and bared his soul at the keyboard to -- a secret society of women, the girlfriends who stirred his hard-to-fetch emotions: Franny Batchen, Verna Sandercock, Cornelia Foss, Roxolana Roslak, and Monica Gaylord. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the eighteen books and nineteen documentaries by or about the most compelling virtuoso of the twentieth century, none have contained details about Gould's many love affairs and how they affected his life, his music, and his filmmaking. Until now, biographers have tried to explain what came out of the music box, not the engine that drove it. The vault to his private life has remained locked since his untimely death in 1982 because of his obsessions with privacy and controlling his image, the loyalty of his carefully chosen friends and lovers, and the choice that biographers made to focus safely on his music and eccentricities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Glenn Gould\u003c\/i\u003e will be the first true expos? of Gould, who until now has been assumed to be asexual, lonely, and egocentric, by examining his love and soul-mate relationships. His music was twelve-tonal and his documentaries \"contrapuntal\" -- both were filled with overlapping voices -- and so was his private life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550229196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Michael Clarkson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000435728565,"sku":"9781550229196","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a065e9ba-fedd-4542-9039-7fa2e09a9ef1.jpg?v=1736264776","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-secret-life-of-glenn-gould-a-genius-in-love-9781550229196","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}