The Spanish bow

By Andromeda Romano-Lax

Subjects: Musicians, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Musicians, History, Madrid (spain), fiction

Description: 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.