The Spanish Bow - Softcover

Romano-Lax, Andromeda

3.69

1,042 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0434017108 ISBN 13: 9780434017102

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 2007

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When Feliu Delargo is born in late-nineteenth-century Spain - in less than happy circumstances - Spain is 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.

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Review:

`I love the way this sweeping, emotional juggernaut of a novel weaves historical fact with romantic fiction.' -- Eve

`The Spanish Bow, a sweeping memoir of a fictional Spanish cellist, Feliu Delargo. His life, from his impoverished upbringing in rural Catalonia, via apprenticeships in Barcelona and Madrid, to a glittering career as a European superstar, is the thread that leads us through Spanish political and musical history in the early 20th century.'
-- The Observer

`[a] vast, inventive novel... It's a pleasure to read popular fiction that is so interesting and instructive about music.'
-- Telegraph

Book Description:

A stunning, sweeping novel about the power of art and music to shape lives and nations, set in early 20th century Spain, told through the eyes of cellist Feliu Delargo. For readers of The Shadow of the Wind .

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