1900. Legend of the pianist: Alessandro Barikko

Novechento – 1900 – this is not only the figure denoting the year. So the name is a brilliant pianist-self-taught, born aboard the ocean liner. He has no documents, no citizenship, nor relatives, only the name given by the stoker who found the child. The 1900th never left the ship, never stepped on a solid ground. He does not break into the storm and calm from the keys.
The book is a dramatic monologue, permeated by amazing music and the ocean wind. It seems that the Lord God runs the universe, sorting out human fates, like the keys of a huge piano.

Author
Barikko Alessandro
Translator
Kolesova Natalia
Publisher
ABC, 2014
Series
Classic (soft)