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• Accordion Crimes

  Proulx, Annie

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  A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s.

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus,

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  The story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. One of the central characters plays the accordion.

• Mister Pip

  Jones, Lloyd

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  A transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. A central character is known for his accordion playing.

• The Blind Accordionist

  Rose, C.D.

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  A simple but wonderful collection of quirky stories, funny and beautiful and a moving elegy on the nobility of writers wanting to be read.

• Corelli's Mandolin

  A Novel

  de Bernieres, Louis

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  Set in Greece during Italy's occuption in WW II, two suitors vie for the love of Pelagia: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless guerilla, and the charming, mandolin-playing Captain Corelli, a reluctant officer of the Italian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Star Called Henry

  Doyle, Roddy

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  Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern Ireland, and in this extraordinary novel he brilliantly tells his story. And yes, that story includes the accordion.

• The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

  a Novel

  Albom, Mitch, 1958-

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  Frankie Presto is a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. He is the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth, but his gift becomes his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Tin Drum

  Grass, Günter

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  The story of Oskar Matzerath, a dwarfish hunchback detained in a mental hospital, convicted of a murder he did not commit. Oskar is known for his drum-playing, but accordions make appearances throughout the story.

• Out Stealing Horses

  a Novel

  Petterson, Per, 1952-

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  Set in the easternmost region of Norway, the story begins with an ending: Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic, isolated cabin. A meeting with his only (accordion-playing) neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Laughing with the Trickster

  On Sex, Death, and Accordions

  Highway, Tomson

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  This irreverent book includes personal anecdotes, including accounts of his beloved accordion-playing, caribou-hunting father, and plentiful Trickster stories as curatives for the all-out unhappiness caused by today's patriarchal, colonial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Accordion Player

  My Journey from Fear to Love

  K. Adizes, Ichak, PhD

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  Dr. Ichak Adizes moved beyond a childhood marked by imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp and immigration to an unfamiliar country to discover the benefits of opening his heart. The story maps his journey into a heart which, like the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An American Accordion Story

  a Four-generation Family Legacy Honoring the Accordion, the Musicians, and Their Unique Place in American Culture

  Petosa, Joseph, Jr.,

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  Celebrates the remarkable legacy of four generations of immigrant Italian-American artisans who have been hand-making accordions for one-hundred years and chronicles American accordion history, the musicians, and their unique place in…Read moreRead more of this annotation