by José Luís Peixoto · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246723417
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«Le cimetière de pianos» is the novel by José Luís Peixoto, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (373 pages, in French).
A novel set in Benfica, a neighbourhood of Lisbon, at the beginning of the 20th century, about a family of cabinetmakers marked by grief. It alternates the voice of a deceased father and that of Francisco, who runs the marathon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; in the family workshop, old pianos pile up in the «piano cemetery».
Work originally published in Portuguese as «Cemitério de Pianos» (2006) and translated into French by François Rosso; Cálamo Prize 2007.
For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in memory, family relationships and early-20th-century Lisbon.
José Luís Marques Peixoto is a Portuguese author, poet and playwright. A professional writer since 2001, his works have been translated into more than 30 languages.
