Description |
276 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Summary |
The Lazaro family are carpenters who would rather be piano-makers. In the dusty back room of their carpentry shop in Lisbon is the 'piano cemetery', filled with broken-down pianos that provide the spare parts needed for repairing and rebuilding instruments all over the city. It is a mysterious and magical place, a place of solace, a dreaming place and, above all, a trysting place for lovers. Peixoto weaves the tragic true story of the marathon-runner, Francisco Lazaro, into a rich narrative of love, betrayal, domestic happiness and dashed hopes |
Notes |
Translated from the Portuguese |
Subject |
Carpenters -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- Fiction.
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Families -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- Fiction.
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
Lisbon (Portugal) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059721 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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Fiction.
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Author |
Hahn, Daniel.
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ISBN |
9781408810095 |
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