Monsieur Erik
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Premio Microeditoria di QualitàA poetic and whimsical portrait of an eccentric musician whose quiet solitude and inner music reveal the beauty of being different.
Erik is an odd one: always dressed in the same way, he lives in a small flat called “the closet”, full of um- brellas that he fills with sketches and words. Erik is a melancholic one, but he knows how to make people happy: with his music. This book shows in a poetic way the eccentric and brilliant personality of the great musician Erik Satie (1866-1925).
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