The Spanish Bow

by Andromeda Romano - Lax (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $23.46

  'I was almsot born Happy.' So begins The Spanish Bow and the remarkable history of Feliu Delargo, who just misses being 'Feliz' by a misunderstanding at his birth, which he barely survives.The accidental bequest of a cello bow from his dead father sets Feliu on the course of becoming a musician, unlikely given his beginnings in a dusty village in Catalonia. When he is compelled to feel to anarchist Barcelona, his education in mucis, life, and politics begins. But it isn't until he arrives at the court of the embattles monarchy in Madrid that passion enters the composition. As Feliu embarks on affairs, friendships, and rivalries, the tensions propelling Spain and the larger world toward catastrophe crescendo and critical choices must be made. The Spanish Bow is a haunting fugue of music, politics, and passion set against half a century of Spanish history, form the tail end of the nineteenth century up through the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.24

  When Feliu Delargo is born, late-nineteenth-century Spain is a nation slipping from international power and struggling with its own fractured identity, caught between the chaos of post-empire and impending Civil War. Feliu's troubled childhood and rise to fame lead him into a thorny partnership with an even more famous and eccentric figure, the piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz. The two musicians' divergent artistic goals and political inclinations threaten to divide them as Spain plunges into Civil War. But as Civil War turns to World War, shared love for their trio partner - an Italian violinist named Aviva - forces them into their final and most dangerous collaboration.

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $4.33

  When Feliu Delargo is born in late-nineteenth-century Spain - in less than happy circumstances - he is born to a Spain slipping from international power and struggling with its own fractured identity, caught between the chaos of post-empire and impending Civil War. Feliu's troubled childhood and rise to fame - including musical apprenticeships in anarchist Barcelona and at the ill-fated Madrid royal court - lead him into a thorny partnership with an even more famous and eccentric figure, the piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz. The two musicians' divergent artistic goals and political inclinations threaten to divide them as Spain plunges into Civil War. But as Civil War turns to World War, shared love for their trio partner - an Italian violinist named Aviva - forces them into their final and most dangerous collaboration. Set in France, Spain and Germany between 1892 and 1940, The Spanish Bow portrays a vibrant musical era bridging late-Romanticism with modernity and violent nationalism. Holding a mirror to the present day, it examines the fine line between heroism and self-interest, and explores the power of art to shape lives and nations.