Musician  –  a  character  e n  d e v e n i r.  Christian  Gailly’s Be¬Bop Cover Image

Le musicien ou un personnage e n d e v e n i r. Be¬bop de Christian Gailly
Musician – a character e n d e v e n i r. Christian Gailly’s Be¬Bop

Author(s): Jadwiga Bodzińska-Bobkowska
Subject(s): Music, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Art, History of Art, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Gaïlly; musician; jazz; jazz novel;

Summary/Abstract: Christian Gailly, a contemporary French writer and former musician, admits he is deeply inspired by jazz and its literary representations. This essay aims to highlight the role of music – source of dynamics and life’s motivation – and its double influence on the protagonists of Gailly’s novel Be-Bop.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 111-124
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: French
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