Novecento
Author: Alessandro Baricco
Eine wundervolle Erzählung des italienischen Bestsellerautors Alessandro Baricco: die Geschichte des Pianisten Novecento, der im Jahr 1900 auf einem Ozeandampfer geboren wird und ihn nie mehr verläßt. »Wer hinter diesen Worten die Musik nicht hört, muß taub geboren sein«, schrieb Martin Mosebach über »Novecento« in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung…..Read More
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