Cover of The Spanish bow

Book 2008

The Spanish bow

Publisher
Harcourt
Language
English
Published
2008
  • Fiction
  • Musicians
  • History
  • Fiction, historical
  • Musicians, fiction
  • Madrid (spain), fiction
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Fiction, historical, general

In a dusty, turn-of-the-century Catalan village, the bequest of a cello bow sets young Feliu Delargo on an unlikely path. When a local land owner's wrath threatens his family, the Spanish bow leads Feliu to anarchist Barcelona, then on to the court in Madrid where a music master's daughter gives him his first lessons in the art of love. There he meets up with the charming and eccentric piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz and begins the lifelong friendship and rivalry that will orchestrate a tumultuous course for them both.