{"product_id":"the-cellist-of-sarajevo-steven-galloway","title":"The Cellist of Sarajevo * Steven Galloway","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by a real musician during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, this moving novel follows a cellist who plays daily in the rubble to honor twenty-two neighbors killed in a mortar strike, weaving his quiet defiance together with the lives of three residents trying to hold onto their humanity amid war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Story. Written by Canadian novelist Steven Galloway, this novel offers a spare, deeply affecting portrait of endurance and grace under siege. After watching a mortar shell destroy a neighborhood breadline, the principal cellist of the Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra vows to sit in the crater every afternoon for twenty-two days and play Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor. Moving gracefully among three ordinary citizens: Kenan, a devoted father risking sniper fire to fetch drinking water for his family and elderly neighbor; Dragan, an older bakery worker grieving the city he once knew; and Arrow, a young female counter-sniper tasked with keeping the cellist alive - the story shows how everyday rituals, shared music, and small acts of kindness keep hope alive in the darkest circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For. Book clubs, literary and historical fiction readers, and music lovers drawn to poignant, human-centered stories of resilience alongside Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See, Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Amor Towles's A Gentleman in Moscow, or Tea Obreht's The Tiger's Wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorders Original Voices Award for Fiction (2008), Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2008), Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Nominee (2009), Sakura Medal Nominee for High School Book (2010), OLA Evergreen Award (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published 2008; this edition 2009 by Riverside Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Literary Fiction \/ 1990s Balkan \u0026amp; Bosnian War Fiction \/ Music \u0026amp; Resilience Narratives \/ Multi-Perspective Literary Novels \/ European Historical Fiction \/ Book Club Favorites\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Ehrenclou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69081382912243,"sku":"20261110012ABB","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5722\/7507\/files\/1000021181.jpg?v=1794433732","url":"https:\/\/purpleslothmedia.com\/products\/the-cellist-of-sarajevo-steven-galloway","provider":"Purple Sloth Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}