{"product_id":"galloway-steven-the-cellist-of-sarajevo-9781594483653","title":"The Cellist of Sarajevo","description":"A spare and haunting, wise and beautiful novel about war and the endurance of the human spirit and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity.\n\u003cp\u003eIn a city under siege, four people whose lives have been upended are ultimately reminded of what it is to be human. From his window, a musician sees twenty-two of his friends and neighbors waiting in a breadline. Then, in a flash, they are killed by a mortar attack. In an act of defiance, the man picks up his cello and decides to play at the site of the shelling for twenty-two days, honoring their memory. Elsewhere, a young man leaves home to collect drinking water for his family and, in the face of danger, must weigh the value of generosity against selfish survivalism. A third man, older, sets off in search of bread and distraction and instead runs into a long-ago friend who reminds him of the city he thought he had lost, and the man he once was. As both men are drawn into the orbit of cello music, a fourth character--a young woman, a sniper--holds the fate of the cellist in her hands. As she protects him with her life, her own army prepares to challenge the kind of person she has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of great intensity and power, and inspired by a true story, The Cellist of Sarajevo poignantly explores how war can change one's definition of humanity, the effect of music on our emotional endurance, and how a romance with the rituals of daily life can itself be a form of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53239643177302,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781594483653_1_6df1ac46-f0a7-4cbd-97d9-f4353cef99e0.jpg?v=1781619872","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/galloway-steven-the-cellist-of-sarajevo-9781594483653","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}