Product Information
This stirring and beautiful picture book relates the moving and inspiring story of a gifted young girl's passion for the piano in a time of historic turmoil. During China's Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976), a young girl is taken from her family and sent to a far-off labour camp. Forbidden to play the piano, she nevertheless finds a way of smuggling hand-written music into the camp and sneaking away at night to practice a piano in a secret location. Then, one night, she is caught... Inspired by the amazing true story of the international concert pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, Andre Leblanc and Barroux's acclaimed picture book from France poetically relates an extraordinary story of perseverance set against a cataclysmic period of history which is, to this day, still shrouded in mystery.Product Identifiers
PublisherWilkins Farago
ISBN-139780980607017
eBay Product ID (ePID)96263869
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Red Piano
AuthorAndre LeBlanc, Barroux
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
GenreChildren & Young Adults
Dimensions
Item Height310mm
Item Width250mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAndre LeBlanc, Barroux
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia