{"product_id":"the-cellist-of-sarajevo","title":"The Cellist of Sarajevo","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA novel of great intensity and power, and inspired by a true story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cellist of Sarajevo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\/span\u003e","brand":"ANT Stores","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44816154165434,"sku":"ING-ENG-0775","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/6952\/2618\/files\/9781594483653-us.jpg?v=1746552156","url":"https:\/\/checkout.s101.com\/products\/the-cellist-of-sarajevo","provider":"S101","version":"1.0","type":"link"}