The cellist of Sarajevo
Title:
The cellist of Sarajevo
Author:
Galloway, Steven, 1975-
ISBN:
9781594483653
Publication Information:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2008
Physical Description:
xvii, 235 p. ; 19 cm
Abstract:
While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening
Subject:
| Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Fiction |
| Violoncellists -- Fiction |
| Snipers -- Fiction |
| Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina) -- Fiction |
| War stories |
Summary:
While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening