THE CONFESSIONS OF A WILD, EXTRAVAGANT YOUTH

With the panache of a born storyteller, the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein tells the story of his gloriously misspent youth. A prodigy at music and at love, Rubinstein experienced early fame, abject poverty — and every extravagance European high society had to offer. From a duel in Warsaw to his triumphant American,tour, Rubinstein’s memoirs brim over with flamboyant anecdotes—of his legendary and countless amoures, his friendships with the artistic giants of the century, his triumphs and disasters. An astonishingly candid self-portrait and a dazzling panorama, My Young Years is suffused on every page with Arthur Rubinstein’s gargantuan love of life.