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Can I read Body & Soul on EtoBox?
Body & Soul by Frank Conroy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Body & Soul about?
As a boy, Claude Rawlings looks up through the grated window of his basement apartment to watch the world go by. Poor, lonely, supported by a taxi-driver mother whose eccentricities spin more and more out of control, he faces the terrible task of growing up on the margins of life, destined to be a spectator of that great world always hurrying out of reach. But there is an out-of-tune piano in the small apartment, and in unlocking the secrets of its keys, as if by magic, Claude discovers himself. He is a musical prodigy. Body & Soul is the story of a young man whose life is transformed by a gift. The gift is not without price — the work is relentless, the teachers exacting — but the reward is a journey that takes him to the drawing rooms of the rich and powerful, private schools, a gilt-edged marriage, and Carnegie Hall. Claude moves through this life as if he were playing a difficult composition, swept up in its drama and tension, surprised by its grace...
Who reads Body & Soul?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Frank Conroy
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (34 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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