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The Gustav Sonata

Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.

Main Author: Tremain, Rose (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Edition: First American edition.
Subjects:
Friendship in children > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary: Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780393246698
0393246698
Author Notes: Rose Tremain was born in London, England on August 2, 1943. She has written several novels including The Way I Found Her, Merivel: A Man of His Time, and The American Lover. Restoration was adapted into a movie in 1995 and a stage production in 2009. She has won numerous awards including the James Tait Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger for Sacred Country, the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award for Music and Silence, and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008 for The Road Home. She was made a CBE in 2007.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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