The Spanish bow
By: Andromeda Romano-Lax
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9780434016273
Subjects: Musicians; Fiction; History
Description: In a dusty, turn-of-the-century Catalan village, the bequest of a cello bow sets young Feliu Delargo on an unlikely path. When a local land owner's wrath threatens his family, the Spanish bow leads Feliu to anarchist Barcelona, then on to the court in Madrid where a music master's daughter gives him his first lessons in the art of love. There he meets up with the charming and eccentric piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz and begins the lifelong friendship and rivalry that will orchestrate a tumultuous course for them both.