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Accordion Crimes

By Annie Proulx

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| Paperback | 9780684831541

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E. Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by thContinue

E. Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past -- voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance. Proulx's prodigious knowledge, unforgettable characters and radiant language make Accordion Crimes a stunning novel, exhilarating in its scope and originality.

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    Accordion Crimes E. Annie Proulx Paperback Scribner 432 pages June 1997 E. Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes traces the origins of the United States through the narratives of a series of families, whose stories are all bound together by a green button ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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    A wide variety of intriguing American stories all tied together by a small green accordion.

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    Readingrat said on Apr 9, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • I actually preferred this to the better known Shipping News etc. The unconventional approach of linking the stories by the descent of the accordion through families means you get the brilliant explication of characters and relationships but not the melodrama.

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