{"product_id":"cellist-of-sarajevo","title":"Cellist of Sarajevo","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCellist of Sarajevo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSteven Galloway\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781594483653\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRiverhead Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e235\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spare and haunting, wise and beautiful novel about war and the endurance of the human spirit and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of great intensity and power, and inspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003eThe Cellist of Sarajevo\u003c\/i\u003e 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\/body\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Cellist of Sarajevo | Steven Galloway | Paperback | 9781594483653 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1715745","offer_id":50844326363394,"sku":"1715745","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/713tEirsfTL.jpg?v=1792703626","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/cellist-of-sarajevo","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}