{"product_id":"allegro-paperback","title":"Allegro - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Dorfman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis thrilling historical mystery starring Mozart tells of friendship and betrayal, and how music allows us to defy death--from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Museum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1789 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visits the grave of Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, looking for a sign, a signal, an answer to an enigma that has haunted him since childhood: Was Bach murdered by a famous oculist? And years later, was Handel a victim of the same doctor? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegro\u003c\/i\u003e follows his investigation, from the salons of London to the streets of Paris, recreating an enthralling and turbulent time, full of rogues and brilliant composers, charlatans and presumptuous nobles. Running parallel to this search is the rise of Mozart, his knowledge and fame, his trials and losses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAriel Dorfman \u003c\/b\u003eis a Chilean-American author, born in Argentina, whose award-winning books in many genres have been published in more than fifty languages and his plays performed in more than one hundred countries. Among his works are the plays \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Museum\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2023), \u003ci\u003eWidows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKonfidenz\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eHeading South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Looking North\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFeeding on Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Pa?s\u003c\/i\u003e, and CNN. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIndex on Censorship\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. A prominent human rights activist, he worked as press and cultural advisor to Salvador Allende's chief of staff in the final months before the 1973 military coup, and later spent many years in exile. He lives with his wife Ang?lica in Santiago, Chile, and Durham, North Carolina, where he is the Walter Hines Page Emeritus Professor of Literature at Duke University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.95 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58183125139537,"sku":"9781635424485","price":16.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/AwuNzrEPiO9781635424485.webp?v=1757343318","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/allegro-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}