Steve Lopez Boeken

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

New York Times bestselling author Steve Lopez explores the meaning of work and how it defines us as he examines the true nature of a person’s time, identity, and ultimate life satisfaction.

Ein Junge auf der Suche nach mehr Menschlichkeit. Ein Buch, dessen starker Sog einen von Kapitel zu Kapitel mehr packt und das bei aller Spannung doch ein Roman voll Poesie und grimmigem Humor bleibt.§Mit großer Präzision und Milieukenntnis zeichnet Steve Lopez eine schillernde Welt des Verbrechens und der Gewalt, in der letztlich Anstand, Mut und Humanität die Oberhand behalten.