Books by Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Joe spiller klaver på banegårde i hele verden. Kun Beethoven,som han spiller helt guddommeligt. Han venter på, at en bestemt person en dag står af toget. Det er hende, han spiller for.Historien tager sin begyndelse på et dystert børnehjem godt 50 år tidligere. Det er stedet, hvor man kan møde både djævle og helgener.Og en enkelt rose.Jean-Baptiste Andrea har skrevet en smuk bog om musik, om venskab – og om kærlighed. En fortælling om uskyld, der møder verdensbarskhed, men i en livsbekræftende tone.

An elderly man gives virtuoso piano performances in airports and train stations. To the incredulity of the passers-by, he refuses their offers to play in concert halls, or at prestigious gatherings. He is waiting for someone, he tells them.Joseph was just sixteen when he was sent to a religious boarding school in the Pyrenees: les Confins, a dumping ground for waifs, strays, and other abandoned souls. His days were filled with routine and drudgery, and he thought longingly of the solace he found through music in his former life.Joe dreams constantly of escape, but it seems impossible. That is, until a chance encounter with the orphanages benefactor leads him to Rose, and a plan begins to formHumorous even in its darkest moments, Devils and Saints tells a daring tale of camaraderie, love, and good triumphing over evil.

How far would you go to follow your dreams? One man's obsession with a mythical dinosaur fossil takes him and his team to the very edge of the world, and of life itself.