Accordion crimes
By: E. Annie Proulx
Edition: 1st Scribner pbk. Fiction ed.
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780684831541
Subjects: Accordionists; Accordion; Fiction; History
Description: A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News.