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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Related through the student-teacher lineage to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel, the pianist Leon Fleisher displayed from his earliest years an exceptional gift. A child prodigy at the keyboard, he went on to a brilliant career, with recordings that are regarded to this day as classic and definitive. And then, like a hero from a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: At the age of thirty-six, he suddenly and mysteriously...
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This is the boy from Mogadishu, Somalia, who came to Britain at the age of 8, leaving behind his twin brother, with a few words of English and wanting to play for Arsenal. Fortunately his PE teacher spotted his turn of speed on the pitch and began to ease this human cheetah towards the racetrack. This is Mo Farah's autobiography.
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