The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picture–an “unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity”(People).

Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’s Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers’s music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigy’s life–only to find that their relationship would have a profound change on his own.

“An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy.”–Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down

Author: Steve Lopez
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 05/04/2010
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.08w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780425238363
Language: English