Zoli 9781037204227 Paperback

A great book and a marvellously crafted story Roddy Doyle____________________________________Zoli Novotna is a poet by accident as much as desire. As Fascism spreads over Czechoslovakia, she and her grandfather flee an unspeakable loss to join a clan of fellow Romani harpists. As Zoli shapes the ancient songs to her times, she finds her gift embraced by her own people, and, for the first time, by the world outside their circle.But Zoli has become an instrument herself wielded by the hands of the powerful. And her greatness in her art will see her severed and exiled from the people and tradition she loves, setting her on a path she must tread aloneA hymn to specificity, a clamour against homogenisation With each voice McCann performs an astonishing feat Richard Eyre,GuardianA writer of large and driving vision Zolicontains passages of stunning lyricism and sharp ironic forceNew York TimesPoetic and beautifully observedDaily Telegraph