In the 1930s, Finnish poet Bo Carpelan found mention of his great-uncle Axel in a biography of the composer Jean Sibelius. This friendship is the genesis of Carpelan's fictional diary of Axel's dual obsession with music and with a man who, unlike him, had enough confidence in his creativity to compose his own.
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In the 1930s, Finnish poet Bo Carpelan found mention of his great-uncle Axel in a biography of the composer Jean Sibelius. This friendship is the genesis of Carpelan's fictional diary of Axel's dual obsession with music and with a man who, unlike him, had enough confidence in his creativity to compose his own.
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Add this copy of Axel (Paladin Books) to cart. $5.05, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Paladin.
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Add this copy of Axel to cart. $8.73, very good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Carcanet Press Ltd.
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Add this copy of Axel: a Novel to cart. $11.60, very good condition, Sold by Housing Works Online Bookstore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Paladin.
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Very Good jacket. Evanston. 1998. Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0810116170. Translated from the Finland-Swedish by David McDuff. hardcover. keywords: Europe Scandinavia Finland Sweden Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-As a novelist Bo Carpelan made his international breakthrough with Axel (1986). In this fictional diary the title character is Carpelan's great-uncle, a violinist and a devoted friend Jean Sibelius, whom the composer dedicated his Second Symphony (1902). A failed musician, Axel was constantly broke, he suffered from a mysterious illness, but he also supported Sibelius economically. After the death of his most responsive critic, Sibelius wrote in his diary on March 19, 1919: ‘Now Axel is being lowered into the earth's cold arms. It feels so deeply, deeply tragic! For whom will I compose now! ' Carpelan came across the name of his great-uncle for the first time in his childhood, but the real stimulus toward writing the novel came from Erik Tawaststjerna's magnificent biography of Sibelius. inventory #29461.
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