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Spanning the halfcentury from 1892 to 1940, the spanish bow opens with the birth of its narrator, feliu. Inspired by a fairy tale, it nonetheless contains more depth and truth than so many books set in this land of extremes. The detour by andromeda romanolax reading guidebook club. An excerpt from andromeda romanolaxs new book the detour, which follows a german bureaucrat as he transports a priceless work of art from italy to germany in the lead up to world war ii. Spanish bow by andromeda romanolax, paperback barnes. Read the spanish bow a novel by andromeda romanolax available from rakuten kobo. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new. A riveting historical pageturner about a cellist caught up in the tumult and. This time that idealism takes the form of the glorious cello music of feliu delargo, romanolaxs omniscient.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the spanish bow. Born in chicago, andromeda romanolax is the author of the spanish bow, a new. Andromeda romanolax has been a journalist, a travel writer, and a serious amateur cellist. Can music transcend politics or must the musicians only true response to authoritarianism be principled silence. By choosing the bow, his fathers accidental gift, feliu opens a world of tastes and sensations far more enduring than the toy of the moment, and romanolax makes an. She teaches in the lowresidency mfa program at the university of alaska anchorage and is a cofounder of 49 writers, a statewide literary organization.
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