Greetings from Bury Park (Blinded by the Light Movie Tie-In)

Biography & Memoir, Composers & Musicians
Cover of the book Greetings from Bury Park (Blinded by the Light Movie Tie-In) by Sarfraz Manzoor, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sarfraz Manzoor ISBN: 9780307495778
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: March 12, 2009
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Sarfraz Manzoor
ISBN: 9780307495778
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: March 12, 2009
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

The inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, "Blinded by the Light": The acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen's music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s.

Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. Sarfraz spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. From the age of sixteen on, after the moment he heard the harmonica and opening lines to “The River,” Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, Greetings from Bury Park is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, "Blinded by the Light": The acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen's music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s.

Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. Sarfraz spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. From the age of sixteen on, after the moment he heard the harmonica and opening lines to “The River,” Springsteen became his personal muse, a lens through which he was able to view the rest of his life. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, Greetings from Bury Park is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Knife Thrower by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book A Woman of the Inner Sea by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book The Banished Immortal by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Lives of Girls and Women by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book The Jews of Silence by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Take One Candle Light a Room by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Follies of God by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book The Devil Aspect by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Homegoing by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Basketball Jones by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Women of Will by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book The American Disease by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book Boogers, Witches, and Haints: Appalachian Ghost Stories by Sarfraz Manzoor
Cover of the book The Outside World by Sarfraz Manzoor
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy