Antonietta

John Hersey

first published 1991 Knopf, 1991 304 pages

"John Hersey's brilliantly inventive novel is the romantic odyssey of a Stradivarius violin from its creation three hundred years ago in Cremona through its many adventures in the hands of the famous and infamous... It begins in 1699 as the great Stradivari, in love at fifty-five, fashions a magnificent instrument and names it Antonietta, after the object of his desire. It ends on Martha's Vineyard with a tone-deaf f...

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Antonietta edition · 1993 · Vintage Books · 304 pages
Antonietta edition · 1991 · Knopf · 304 pages

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