by Steven Galloway · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709629997
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«Le violoncelliste de Sarajevo» is the historical novel by Steven Galloway, published by J.-C. Lattès (298 pages, in French).
Set during the siege of Sarajevo, the novel is inspired by the true story of Vedran Smailovic, a cellist who played Albinoni's Adagio for twenty-two days at the spot where a shell killed twenty-two people. Around him, three neighbors — a female sniper, a man seeking water and a baker — confront their fears.
The original work, The Cellist of Sarajevo, was published in English in 2008. It won the Borders Original Voices Award and was nominated for the Giller Prize.
For readers of historical novels and stories about war, music and human resilience.
Steven Galloway is a Canadian novelist and a former professor at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of the award-winning novel The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008).
