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The Cellist of Sarajevo [Hardcover]

Steven Galloway (Author)
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5.0 out of 5 stars You Must Read This Book July 18 2008
By MacFly TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway is a tremendous book. Set in Sarajevo during the siege of the city in the 1990s, the story is told from the perspective of three citizens of the city. To hear them talking about the way the city was before the siege and the average lives that they had before the war started is heartbreaking. Each and every day is a struggle to survive while trying to maintain some semblance of a normal life. The center of the story is about a cellist who plays to play every day for 22 days in a spot where 22 people were killed while standing in a line hoping for bread. He becomes a light for the darkness in a city of people desperate for something beautiful. While I found the story incredibly sad, it was also hopeful and reminds one of the role of the human spirit in any conflict. This is one of those books that will stay with me for quite some time. While a work of fiction, there are many elements that are true to this conflict. It made it look at it in a very different way that what you feel simply from news reports. I recommend this book to everyone.
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and Incredible Aug 31 2008
By Spudwil
Format:Hardcover
Everyone should read this book. I couldn't put it down; my kids had to forage for their own dinner one night because I just had to keep reading. From the great character development and suspenseful plot to the amazingly hopeful and satisfying ending, this book will take you through the whole spectrum of emotions. I love how it is concise and to the point, making it an easy read for everyone. Not a page is wasted on unnecessary tangents off the storyline and the reader feels as if he is right there in the rubble with the characters, feeling their fear and despair. Such a great lesson in humanity, hope, and the perils and senselessness of war. My hat is off to the author.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Marvelous Book of Enduring Themes Amidst War July 19 2008
By Ernest Yanarella
Format:Hardcover
This book alternately mesmerizes and inflames. Its depiction of the siege of Sarajevo manages to tell something universal and quotidian at the same time. Its universal themes of life, death, hope, and despair are delicately balanced by its success in providing a sense of the everyday lives of a handful of Sarajevans seeking to negotiate the dangerous streets and byways of this war-torn city. The cellist of Sarajevo, nowhere given a name, serves as a magnet for sociality and a center for wide-ranging commentary and interpretation. For many, his actions serve as a mirror to the souls of the city's inhabitants and their estimate of the possibilities for a better future beyond war. The work is also a trenchant critique of the ravages of war and their impact on the humanity of all the combatants.

For these reasons and so many more, it is so sad that the real-life Cellist of Sarajevo has taken umbrage at this book's publication. His outrage toward the book and its author mistakes the role of the fictional cellist as the central figure in the book and therefore an assessment of his motives. It is really the characters who go about their daily lives amidst the devastation, risking their chance death by the hands of the mountain snipers, and yet mustering the courage to hope beyond the seemingly hopeless situation who are the true heroes. It is they--Dragan, Emina, Kenan, and ultimately Arrow--more than he who in this book find resources among the ruins of their formerly lovely city to keep on going and discover forbearance in universal things that matter to us all if we are to retain our humanity, when anger, hatred, and violence would be the greater temptation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for a fan.
My mother is a fan of this author and as such this made an excellent gift. She very much appreciated the fact that it could be shipped directly to her.
Published 7 days ago by George Toumishey
5.0 out of 5 stars such a sweet story
This is a very touching story within a grim setting. I liked it very much and will recommend it for my book club.
Published 14 days ago by Sarah Barrett
5.0 out of 5 stars The Cellist of Sarajevo
Interesting and thoughtful read regarding Sarajevo in times of war. I liked how the different characters were dealt with throughout the book.
Published 9 months ago by s
4.0 out of 5 stars A Tale of Besieged Identities
I found this novel very fresh and original both in terms of its style and content. Galloway effectively explores how the siege of Sarajevo implies that its people's identity is... Read more
Published 17 months ago by PeterJ
4.0 out of 5 stars NOW I KNOW WHY
A few years ago while I was travelling in Europe I met a guy from Sarajevo and we became friends. At one point he asked me if I knew anything about what had happened in his... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Buggy
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and important writing.
A haunting picture painted by Galloway as to what happened to the former Olympic city of Sarajevo. And the creation of three main characters who will left an imprint on me... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Vasc
5.0 out of 5 stars Rising from the ashes
This is a beautifully written book in the human spirit is pulled out of the ashes of man at his worst. Read more
Published on Mar 11 2011 by C. Kalangis
4.0 out of 5 stars Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
The book was a psychological work, almost a thriller in the sense there was a build up of suspense. It was well laid out, three different characters aside from the cellist who is... Read more
Published on Oct 16 2010 by Karen Phinney
5.0 out of 5 stars `A target expands in size, brought into focus by time and velocity.
` There is a moment before impact that is the last instant of things as they are. Then the visible world explodes. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2010 by J. Cameron-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars An eye opener...
I read this book only because it was given as my book club's choice of the month...didn't think I could manage yet another book about war...what a mistake!!! Read more
Published on April 22 2010 by E. Preston
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