About this title: A saga of a magnificent violin, Antonietta, named after a beautiful woman who was the inspiration of Antonio Stradivari's later years. In a masterpiece of historical imagination, Hersey traces the instrument's progress and influence upon owners, musicians, and composers alike--giving us a marvelous celebration of the changing character and eternal ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679401940ISBN:0679401946
Description: Very Good to Fine in Very Good to Fine jacket. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Stated first edition with no other printings indicated. DJ has very light edge and shelf wear. Price clipped. Text and pages are clean and bright. Your purchase helps support a kindly, old, sometimes crusty, truly independent book seller. He thanks you. His creditors thank you as well. (Hey kids, show grampa and gramma how to shop for books on the internet) read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679401940ISBN:0679401946
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Please remember: This item is in used condition. Good: Copy has been read, but remains in good condition. Normal shelf wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight. Very usable. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679401940ISBN:0679401946
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679401940ISBN:0679401946
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"A delightful novel that traces the story of a violin through its creation by Stradivarius through ownership by violinists who were related in some way to Mozart, Bizet, & Stravinsky. The last chapter, when the violin is owned by a venture capitalist, seemed out of place, and there was not really an ending, but overall the book is a sheer delight."
"I was greatly disappointed with this book. The writing just didn't pull me in and the stories were just...boring. But I admit, during my reading of the entire book, I felt a horrible yearning for the violin which stinks since I should be just happy with my Antoinette."
"The great yard sale bookshelf clearance continues.
I imagine that this book is very different from Hiroshima. Or, I hope it is. He could write, and I've been meaning to read Fling ever since I read one marvelous story in that collection, but it's a shame to see his ability wasted on a book like this. It is somewhat entertaining, and readable, and all that. But it relies on the old chestnut that music, that is, art, is mostly 1. autobiographical, and 2. derived from otherwise repressed erotic feeling. Which music/art is, sometimes, but could we maybe get past that?"
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