Fiddler's Dream

GREGORY SPATZ is the author of the novel No One But Us and a story collection, Wonderful Tricks. His stories have appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Iowa Review, and New England Review. The recipient of a Michener Fellowship, an Iowa Arts Fellowship, and a Washington State Book Award, he teaches at Eastern Washington University in Spokane. Spatz plays the fiddle in the acclaimed bluegrass band John Reischman and the Jaybirds.

"Gregory Spatz writes about the experience of playing music with more truth and beauty than it has ever been written about before. If you care about music, you'll love this book. If you love bluegrass, you'd better buy half a dozen copies, because you'll lend it to friends who won't return it." - David Huddle "Spatz renews the timeless odyssey of a gifted young man seeking his fortune and his father. With its sure-fingered rhythms and long, gorgeous passages of prose, Fiddler's Dream contains some of the best writing I've ever read about music." - Lan Samantha Chang "A lovely and evocative story, told with precision and infinite care. This is the best writing about making music since Frank Conroy's Body and Soul." - Mark Childress "Spatz's control of language and metaphor is masterful. An outstanding work. Read this one!" - Gordon Weaver"