381 pages
English language
Published Nov. 20, 1996 by Fourth Estate.
381 pages
English language
Published Nov. 20, 1996 by Fourth Estate.
A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News.