The gods of tango
De Robertis, Carolina2016
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February 1913: 17-year-old Leda, carrying only a small trunk and her father's cherished violin, leaves her Italian village for a new home, and a new husband, in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos Aires, she discovers that he has been killed, but she remains: living in a tenement, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. Still, she is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets. Leda eventually acts on a long-held desire to master the violin, knowing that she can never play in public as a woman. She cuts off her hair, binds her breasts and becomes 'Dante', a young man who joins a troupe of tango musicians bent on conquering the salons of high society.
Main title:
The gods of tango / Carolina De Robertis.
Author:
De Robertis, Carolina, author
Imprint:
New York : Knopf, 2016.New York : Knopf, 2016.
Collation:
384 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.
ISBN:
9781101872857 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
2317179