The gods of tango
By: Carolina De Robertis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781101874493; 9781101872857
Subjects: Tango (Dance); Violinists; Fiction; Gender identity; History
Description: "February 1913. Seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: "A novel"--Jacket.