The Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind

by Mark Abley

Book Overview

A son's story of living in his father's shadow of genius tainted by depression

Harry Abley was a nightmare of a father: depressive, self-absorbed, unpredictable, emotionally unstable. He was also a dream of a father: gentle, courageous, artistically gifted. Mark Abley, his only child, grew up in the shadow of music and mental illness. How he came to terms with this divided legacy, and how he learned to be a man in the absence of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889775818
• ISBN13: 9780889775817
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.7" x 6.6"