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The soloist

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When Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on Los Angeles' Skid Row, he finds it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years ago, Ayers was a promising student at Juilliard Music Academy - ambitious, charming and hugely talented - until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia. When Lopez finds him, Ayers is homeless and paranoid, but glimmers of his earlier brilliance are still there. Over time, the two men form a bond, and Lopez imagines that he might be able to change Ayers' life. For each triumph, there is a crashing disappointment, yet neither man gives up. Their friendship will change both of their lives in ways that neither could predict.

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Publisher
Charnwood
Language
English
Pages
310

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The Soloist
2010, Transworld
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The soloist
2010, Charnwood
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Soloist
2009, Transworld Publishers Limited
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The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
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2008, Penguin USA, Inc.
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The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
2008, Thorndike Press
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The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
2008, G.P. Putnam's Sons
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The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
2008, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Black Swan, 2008.

Published in
Leicester
Series
Charnwood series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
787.2092

The Physical Object

Pagination
.310 pages
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL33031625M
Internet Archive
soloist0000lope
ISBN 10
1444804650
ISBN 13
9781444804652
OCLC/WorldCat
653086360
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work 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—ambitious, charming, and also one of the few African-Americans—until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia. When Lopez finds him, Ayers is homeless, paranoid, and deeply troubled, but glimmers of that brilliance are still there.Over time, Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers form a bond, and Lopez imagines that he might be able to change Ayers's life.Lopez collects donated violins, a cello, even a stand-up bass and a piano; he takes Ayers to Walt Disney Concert Hall and helps him move indoors. For each triumph, there is a crashing disappointment, yet neither man gives up. In the process of trying to save Ayers, Lopez finds that his own life is changing, and his sense of what one man...

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