The Cellist of Sarajevo
by Steven Galloway
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Author: Steven GallowayEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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Book Review: Beautifully Written Tale About The Importance of Commitment to Humanity and Community
Summary: 5 Stars
In the afterword Galloway says " At four o'clock in the afternnon on May 27, 1992, during the Siege of Sarajevo, several mortar shells struck a group of people waiting to buy bread behind the market on Vase Miskina. Twenty-two people were killed and at least seventy were wounded. For the next twenty-two days Vedran Smailovic, a renowned local cellist, played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor at the site in honor of the dead. His actions inspired this novel."
During the Sieg of Sarajevo, which lasted four years, those who remained were left to fight for survival. Fighting meant making it one more day. Routine activities such as access to fresh water became an arduous, day long journey always with the prospect that sniper bullets from the hills would strike you down.
The Cellist of Sarajevo follows the lives of four people, who day by day, try to live long enough to rebuild Sarajevo back into the city of their memories. All four lives intersect and are affected by the cellist. For some the cellist's music reminds them of the humanity that once existed both in themselves and in the city, for some it simply resurrects the comfort of memories from times past, and for others it is a reminder that all one can do is all that he/she can do, and that means something.
This is a beautiful story that illustrates the importance of commitment to ideals and to community.
Summary of The Cellist of Sarajevo
The acclaimed and inspiring international bestseller that is a tribute to the human spirit.In a city ravaged by war, a musician plays his cello for twenty-two days at the site of a mortar attack, in memory of the fallen. Among the strangers drawn into the orbit of his music are a young father in search of water for his family, an older man in search of the humanity he once knew, and a young woman, a sniper, who will decide the fate of the cellist?and the kind of person she wants to be.
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