The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve López

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

Steve López

273 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Description

When Steve Lopez saw Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' skid row, he found it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years earlier, Ayers had been a promising classical bass student at Juilliard-ambitio...

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sad 40%
challenging 20%
tense 20%

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fast 16%

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