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The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (Taschenbuch)
von Steve Lopez

http://www.amazon.de/Soloist-Dream-Unlik...29493384&sr=8-2

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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Scurrying back to his office one day, Lopez, a columnist for the L.A. Times, is stopped short by the ethereal strains of a violin. Searching for the sound, he spots a homeless man coaxing those beautiful sounds from a battered two-string violin. When the man finishes, Lopez compliments him briefly and rushes off to write about his newfound subject, Nathaniel Ayers, the homeless violinist. Over the next few days, Lopez discovers that Nathaniel was once a promising classical bass student at Juilliard, but that various pressures—including being one of a few African-American students and mounting schizophrenia—caused him to drop out. Enlisting the help of doctors, mental health professionals and professional musicians, Lopez attempts to help Nathaniel move off Skid Row, regain his dignity, develop his musical talent and free himself of the demons induced by the schizophrenia (at one point, Lopez arranges to have Ayers take cello lessons with a cellist from the L.A. Symphony). Throughout, Lopez endures disappointments and setbacks with Nathaniel's case, questions his own motives for helping his friend and acknowledges that Nathaniel has taught him about courage and humanity. With self-effacing humor, fast-paced yet elegant prose and unsparing honesty, Lopez tells an inspiring story of heartbreak and hope. (Apr.)
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Pressestimmen
“Lopez is a terrific reporter. The Soloist is poignant, wise, and funny.”
—Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind

“A heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful, read.”
—Essence

“An utterly compelling tale.”
—Pete Earley, author of Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness

“With self-effacing humor, fast-paced yet elegant prose, and unsparing honesty, Lopez tells an inspiring story of heartbreak and hope.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Compelling and gruffly tender…Lopez deserves congratulations for being the one person who did not avert his eyes and walk past the grubby man with the violin.”
—Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writing for the Los Angeles Times

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