| Playing Time |
064206 |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 96313 KB; MP3 file size: 188758 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Read by William Hughes. |
| Note |
Duration: 6:42:06. |
| Summary |
When journalist Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' skid row, he finds it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years ago, Ayers was 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. Over time, the two men form a bond and Lopez imagines that he might be able to change Ayers's life. The soloist is a beautifully told story of devotion in the face of seemingly unbeatable challenges. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Ayers, Nathaniel Anthony.
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Homeless persons -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Violinists -- California -- Biography.
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Skid row -- California -- Los Angeles.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, William, 1957-
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Blackstone Audiobooks.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1433215195 (OCoLC)228138922 |
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