The Red Piano
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The Red Piano
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Asia
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780980607017
- ISBN-10
- 0980607019
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ISBN: 0980607019
Author: Leblanc, Andr
Condition: Used
A beautiful and extraordinary account of international concert pianist Zhu Xiao-Meis hardships and triumphs while growing up during Chinas Cultural RevolutionStirring and inspiring, this picture book relates the story of a gifted young girl's passion for the piano in a time of historic turmoil. During China's Cultural Revolution a young girl is taken from her family and sent to a far-off labor camp. Forbidden to play the piano, she nevertheless finds a way of smuggling handwritten music into the camp and sneaking away at night to practice a piano in a secret location-until, one night, she is caught. Inspired by the amazing true story of international concert pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, this acclaimed picture book poetically relates an astonishing story of perseverance set against a cataclysmic period of history.
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