The Cellist of Sarajevo

Name: The Cellist of Sarajevo
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Author: Steven Galloway
ISBN: 9789629549510

Author: Steven Galloway

Narrator: Gareth Armstrong

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/04/2010

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Sarajevo, in the 1990s, is a hellish place. The ongoing war devours human life, tears families apart and transforms even banal routines, such as acquiring water, into life-threatening expeditions. Day after day, a cellist stations himself in the midst of the devastation, defying the ever-present snipers to play tributes to victims of a massacre. A true story of a cellist’s resistance helps to form this pivotal event in Steven Galloway’s extraordinary novel. Against this, the author touchingly describes three ordinary townspeople and their efforts to retain their humanity, sanity and autonomy as war takes hold of their lives. This bestselling novel is immediate, vivid and deeply affecting on audiobook, fully immersing the listener in the havoc of war.

Reviews

Goodreads review by TK421 on January 13, 2012

Few books have ever moved me to tears. Sure, I get sad every once in a while when reading a story, but hardly ever do I feel like crying after a novel. THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO made me cry. Not face trembling, snot pouring from the nose type of crying, rather, the tears that came from completion of t......more

Goodreads review by Darryl on April 24, 2020

The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. Initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army, it was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 05 April 1992 for 1,425 days during the Bosnian War, three times longer than the Battle......more

Goodreads review by Dave on April 06, 2023

How do you create or maintain empathy as the world continues to spin into insanity? I was thinking of Ukraine, as I am trying to do every day, following the news, and how difficult it is for journalists and artists to get us feel what is going on there. I don’t mean to intellectually understand it p......more

Goodreads review by A.J. on August 27, 2008

The Cellist of Sarajevo has received good reviews and on the surface has a lot going for it. It's well written, convincing in its detail and doesn't waste words. Three characters struggle to get by in besieged Sarajevo. Kenan walks off to get water for his family and neighbours; Dragan to get bread.......more

Goodreads review by Jessaka on April 13, 2023

TheBow and the Rifle The cellist left his bow line in the street and now a rifle lay on top of it. How long they stayed there no' one knows. And how long did this war stay in the people's memories? The snipers pick them off when they were walking down the streets, 1 by 1 or maybe more. It wasn't even......more