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Accordion crimes / E. Annie Proulx.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, c2003, c1996.Edition: 1st Scribner trade pbk. edDescription: 431 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0684831546 (pbk.)
  • 9780684831541 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3566.R697 A63 2003
Summary: 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.
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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.