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The Piano Cemetery

The Piano Cemetery

Author(s): Jose Luis Peixoto

Location(s): Lisbon

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 20th Century

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The Lazaro family are carpenters who would rather be piano-makers. In the dusty back room of their carpentry shop in Lisbon is the ‘piano cemetery’, filled with broken-down pianos that provide the spare parts needed for repairing and rebuilding instruments all over the city. It is a mysterious and magical place, a place of solace, a dreaming place and, above all, a trysting place for lovers. Peixoto weaves the tragic true story of the marathon-runner, Francisco Lazaro, into a rich narrative of love, betrayal, domestic happiness and dashed hopes.

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Highly recommend to any readers who like to be reminded of why we read novels at first place. (Snow)

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