La's Orchestra Saves the World - Brossura

McCall Smith, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 0307398129 ISBN 13: 9780307398123

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 2009

Riassunto

La's Orchestra Saves the World is another delightful story celebrating friendship and the healing power of music, told with the warmth and charm we've come to love from this favourite storyteller.

It's 1939 and the war in Europe casts a long, all-encompassing shadow. In a sleepy town in Suffolk, La, the generous and determined widow, forms an amateur orchestra to entertain the locals and soothe her own broken heart. She recruits Feliks, a refugee from Poland, to play the flute, and a touching friendship emerges. When the war is over and the orchestra disbands, La is left pondering her next move. What role can she play in her community now that the war is over? And can she let herself love again?
From the Hardcover edition.

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Recensione:

“If McCall Smith didn’t exist, we should have had to invent him. He is that rare creature known as a storyteller.”
—The Washington Post

“It is a real gem, a lovely story of perseverance, friendship and second chances.”
— The Gazette

“A gentle and uplifting read.”
— Daily Mail

“His fictional landscapes are gently scenic, even the urban ones; his characters are never of the kind you would fear to meet at dead of night on a darkened stair.”
— The Scotsman
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore:

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He lives in Scotland.
From the Hardcover edition.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0307398129
• ISBN 13: 9780307398123
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256