Das Buch Mit Eigenschaften UND Titel

The German edition of AROTL is out! And the title is wonderful: Romanze Mit Einem Dreibeiner: Glenn Goulds Obsessive Suche Nach Dem Perfekten Klavier.

The publisher, Schott Music, is one classy outfit. Not only is the book elegantly produced, but the translation, by Matthias Müller, is excellent. Matthias was painstaking in his work, to the point where he spotted some errors in the English version.

Here’s the classy jacket from the classy publisher:

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AROTL is just out in paperback, and it looks, well, more bendable than the hardcover. I was a little dismayed to see that none of the corrections I had sent in to Bloomsbury made it into the book. Okay, I was more than a little disappointed. I was a little miffed. Okay, I was more than a little miffed. I was a little extremely pissed.

But enough of that. I gave a reading at Moe’s Bookstore in Berkeley last week, and the turnout was very nice. Friends came, but so did a few strangers, too. My friend Mark Seiden was there, and he asked the best question I’ve ever been asked during a reading: “What about those G.I. uprights that Steinway dropped by parachute for use by troops during World War II?”

Another nice highlight of the paperback so far has been a radio interview where Anthony Wright, the interviewer, actually came to my house and set up his equipment on my dining room table. I served him tea, and we chatted — into microphones. The interview will air on Anthony’s show, Attunement, on KWMR, the community radio station in Point Reyes Station.

Here’s Anthony with his equipment: