{"product_id":"the-piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-discovering-a-forgotten-passion-in-a-paris-atelier-9780375758621","title":"The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier","description":"Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign--Desforges Pianos--he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop's imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier's master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Shop on the Left Bank\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Carhart's] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captivating . . .  Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375758621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2002 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thad Carhart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636708929692,"sku":"9780375758621","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_75ee08f9-c16f-4f26-ad31-4bebeb65e9f1.jpg?v=1603842717","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-discovering-a-forgotten-passion-in-a-paris-atelier-9780375758621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}