Accordion Crimes
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| Author | E. Annie Proulx |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 0-684-83154-6 |
| OCLC | 37039967 |
Accordion Crimes is a 1996 novel by American writer E. Annie Proulx.[1] It followed her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1993 work The Shipping News and was shortlisted for the 1997 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.[2]
Plot details[]
The novel begins in the nineteenth century, as a Sicilian accordion-maker comes to the United States in search of better opportunities.[3] He is shot by an anti-Italian lynch mob, and his accordion falls into the hands of several other owners, many of whom meet painful ends themselves. The accordion traverses a continent, traveling to Louisiana, Iowa, Texas, Maine, Illinois, Montana, and Mississippi.
Theater[]
Accordion Crimes inspired a play called (Dangerous Accordion) in Finland. Writer and director adapted the novel for the Turku City Theatre. The play premiered on September 9, 2011.
Notes[]
- ^ "Fiction book review - Accordion Crimes". Publishers Weekly. May 3, 1966. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ "The New York Times - The Song of the Squeeze-Box". The New York Times. June 23, 1996. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
External links[]
- Accordion Crimes at the Literary Encyclopedia
- Magill Book Review of Accordion Crimes
- "Vaarallinen Harmonikka" at Turku City Theater
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