The gods of tango /
"February 1913. Seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been kille...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "February 1913. Seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin"--Dust jacket flap. February 1913. Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos Aires, Leda is finds that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin. She disguises herself as a young man to join a troup, and forbidden longings she has kept surpressed are realized for the first time.--Adapted from back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 367 pages ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | Stonewall Book Award, Barbara Gittings Literature Award, 2016. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781101874493 110187449X 9781101872857 1101872853 |