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Set in the working-class district of Benfica in Lisbon, The Piano Cemetery explains to the story of a family, and especially of the expectations and worries of the fathers who complete the baton of the generations on to their sons. The Lazaro family are cabinet-makers who somewhat be piano-makers. They have a carpentry shop in the Benfica district of Lisbon and there at the back is the 'piano cemetery' piled high with broken-down pianos offering the extra parts necessary for repairing pianos all over the city. It really is a inexplicable and magical place, a place of solace, a fantasizing place and, most importantly, a trysting place for fans. The Piano Cemetery is a wonderfully completed novel where the true report of the Portuguese marathon-runner, Francisco Lazaro, is woven into a rich narrative of love, betrayal, home happiness and dashed expectations. Narrated partly by the daddy of Francisco Lazaro on the day his grandson exists and the day he himself dies and partly by his boy as he works the Stockholm marathon of 1908, remembering his family and his loves as he battles against heat and strives to outrun loss of life itself. It really is a beautifully produced tale, that is by changes, violent and sensitive, funny and moving, with flashes of true insight, startling imagery and an instinctive understanding of people and their ways. The Piano Cemetery establishes Jose Luis Peixoto not only as the main Portuguese novelist of his technology, but as a major number on the international literary picture.
