About the book: 2011 / Andromeda Romano-Lax, born in 1970 in Chicago, initially declared herself as a journalist, traveler and serious amateur cellist. Her writing activity was for a long time limited to travel stories, very exciting, but documentary. “The Spanish Bow” is the first novel by Andromeda Romano-Lax, which received rave reviews from leading American critics and was instantly distributed throughout the world in translation. The famous Library Journal named it a literary event of 2007. “The Spanish Bow” is the story of a boy from a dusty Catalan town who inherited an unusual gift from his early deceased father - a cello bow. This bow will determine his entire future fate. Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Paris, Berlin - he will tour the whole world with concerts. Knows the joy of friendship, the madness of love and the bitterness of loss; will play for kings and presidents; meet Pablo Picasso and be one of the first to see the famous “Guernica”. He will faithfully serve Music and painfully reflect on the injustice of the world. And throughout his life he will have his priceless bow with him..