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John Adams's memoir, Hallelujah Junction, is now available in the UK. The Independent calls it "engaging" and says that like Adams's musical work of the same name, the book "radiates a calm, Californian confidence, letting its ideas unfold at a gentle pace." The parallels continue: "Adams's unique touch finds its literary analogue in a style of rare precision." The composer "here emerges as a storyteller."

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John Adams's memoir, Hallelujah Junction, published last month in the US by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, is now available in the UK from Faber. The Independent's Michael Church calls it "engaging" and says that like Adams's musical work of the same name, the book "radiates a calm, Californian confidence, letting its ideas unfold at a gentle pace."

Church sees other parallels between Adams's music, which for him "has always been a form of self-creation," and his written word, stating: "Adams's unique touch finds its literary analogue in a style of rare precision." The composer "here emerges as a storyteller."

Read the book review at independent.co.uk.

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  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008
    Independent (UK): John Adams's "Engaging" Memoir Shows Composer's "Rare Precision"

    John Adams's memoir, Hallelujah Junction, published last month in the US by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, is now available in the UK from Faber. The Independent's Michael Church calls it "engaging" and says that like Adams's musical work of the same name, the book "radiates a calm, Californian confidence, letting its ideas unfold at a gentle pace."

    Church sees other parallels between Adams's music, which for him "has always been a form of self-creation," and his written word, stating: "Adams's unique touch finds its literary analogue in a style of rare precision." The composer "here emerges as a storyteller."

    Read the book review at independent.co.uk.

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