About this book
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.
- Fiction
- Accordionists
- Accordionists in fiction
- Accordion
- Accordion in fiction
- History
- Musical fiction
- Historical fiction
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