Accordion crimes, by E. Annie Proulx
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Accordion crimes, by E. Annie Proulx
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eng
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fiction
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Accordion crimes
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sound recording
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by E. Annie Proulx
Summary
A century ago, great waves of immigrants arrived in America bringing only their most precious possessions with them. For one of the arrivals, a young Sicilian, it was his accordion. Within a year, he was dead, but the accordion took on a new life with a community of Germans in Iowa. Theaccordion travels with other immigrants (Mexican, Africans, Poles, Norwegians, Irish, French (looking for a decent life in Texas, Maine and Louisiana.)) Its music is their last link with the past, and the voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance
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