tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6417547079750007788..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Now here comes the Simon Bolivar bestsellerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-70632064855651025852012-07-01T10:04:29.485+01:002012-07-01T10:04:29.485+01:00I think Allen's work might better be termed th...I think Allen's work might better be termed the Bolivar book most likely to become a movie, although, to be fair, it is not just about El Sistema. However, Allen is apparently a screenwriter, director, and has written one novel.<br /><br />Perhaps a little ironically, Tricia Tunstall's Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power should be a best-seller, for it is a wide-ranging yet also deep work on El Sistema and parallel projects world-wide. Tunstall is a pianist and teacher who has previously written Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson. Marvellous book is that, and an indication that she does not write with an eye to the NY Times Bestseller List or to options from Hollywood.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7023558590817203602012-07-01T00:40:23.532+01:002012-07-01T00:40:23.532+01:00sort of the dust jacket blurb"this is the bes...sort of the dust jacket blurb"this is the best book I have read since the last one I wrote"The Wound Dresserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06329621123316492765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80050192996176131842012-06-30T22:36:52.106+01:002012-06-30T22:36:52.106+01:00I note that the publisher could not be bothered to...I note that the publisher could not be bothered to spell Wynton Marsalis's name correctly.<br /><br />In the publishing world, errors of this nature generally signify something.Drew80https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848576924497372868noreply@blogger.com