Accordionist's Son

The Accordionist''s Son is a remarkably powerful and accomplished novel, exploring the life of David Imaz, a former inhabitant of the Basque village of Obaba, now living in exile and ill-health on a ranch in California.

As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle''s ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practises the accordion on the insistence of his authoritarian fa...