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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
July 7, 2015
Pages
367
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781101874493
ISBN-10
110187449X
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.52 lbs.
Original list price
$26.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015
An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015
February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her fatherâs 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. Leda is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets. Leda knows, however, that she can never play in public as a woman, so she cuts off her hair, binds her breasts, and, as a young man, joins a troupe of musicians bent on bringing tango into the salons of high society. As time progresses, the lines between Leda and her disguise will begin to blur, and feelings that she has long kept suppressed will reveal themselves, jeopardizing not only her music career but her life itself.
With evocative scenery, prose suffused with the rhythms of the tango, and a deep, resonant core, De Robertis delivers her most accomplished novel yet.
An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015
February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her fatherâs 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. Leda is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets. Leda knows, however, that she can never play in public as a woman, so she cuts off her hair, binds her breasts, and, as a young man, joins a troupe of musicians bent on bringing tango into the salons of high society. As time progresses, the lines between Leda and her disguise will begin to blur, and feelings that she has long kept suppressed will reveal themselves, jeopardizing not only her music career but her life itself.
With evocative scenery, prose suffused with the rhythms of the tango, and a deep, resonant core, De Robertis delivers her most accomplished novel yet.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (July 7, 2015)
9781101874493 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.52 lbs | List price $26.95
About: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her fatherâs cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina.
About: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her fatherâs cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina.
Paperback
from Vintage Books (May 17, 2016)
9781101872857 | details & prices | 367 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
With Sierra Club (other contributor) |
from Random House Inc 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $18.95
This edition also contains Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks of the Pacific Southwest and Hawaii
About: Describes the history, geology, facilities and trails of eight national parks, including Sequoia and Yosemite, and includes information on local mammals, birds, reptiles, trees and flowers
This edition also contains Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks of the Pacific Southwest and Hawaii
About: Describes the history, geology, facilities and trails of eight national parks, including Sequoia and Yosemite, and includes information on local mammals, birds, reptiles, trees and flowers
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (May 17, 2016)
9781491593707 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $14.99
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (May 17, 2016)
9781491593691 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $19.99
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (July 7, 2015)
9781491593684 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $21.99
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (July 7, 2015)
9781491593660 | details & prices | 6.25 × 5.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $29.99
About: From one of the leading lights of contemporary Latin American literatureâa lush, lyrical, deeply moving story of a young woman whose passion for the early sounds of tango becomes a force of profound and unexpected change.
About: From one of the leading lights of contemporary Latin American literatureâa lush, lyrical, deeply moving story of a young woman whose passion for the early sounds of tango becomes a force of profound and unexpected change.
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